Table 5.

Impact of CSR on knowledge and relevance brand outcomes

Independent variablesModel 1a
Brand relevancet
Model 1b
Brand knowledget
Model 1c
Brand relevancet Recession
Model 1d
Brand knowledget Recession
Lagged DVt−10.840 (0.024)***0.839 (0.024)***0.961 (0.012)***0.961 (0.012)***
CSRt−0.025 (0.030)−0.054 (0.038)−0.017 (0.019)−0.059 (0.032)
CSRt × Recessionary environmentt  −0.010 (0.011)0.061 (0.042)
Advertising expendituret0.026 (0.050)0.017 (0.059)0.054 (0.049)0.032 (0.058)
Research and development expendituret0.149 (0.049)**−0.029 (0.058)0.114 (0.049)*0.007 (0.058)
Financial leveraget−0.061 (0.032)−0.048 (0.041)−0.058 (0.034)−0.035 (0.041)
Current ratiot−0.053 (0.022)*−0.113 (0.028)***−0.053 (0.022)*−0.115 (0.027)***
Firm sizet0.539 (0.079)***0.301 (0.083)***0.304 (0.071)***0.274 (0.083)
History of social responsibility engagementt0.167 (0.119)0.206 (0.102)*0.346 (0.099)***0.202 (0.101)*
Recessionary yeart−0.031 (0.014)*−0.054 (0.012)***−0.034 (0.010)***−0.061 (0.012)
Constant0.231 (0.101)*0.122 (0.105)0.231 (0.102)*0.122 (0.104)
Observations801801801801
Adjusted R-square %85.5977.8485.6777.95
Wald χ2267.96251.25263.61247.14
AR(I) test3.27**1.942.17*2.06*
AR(II) test−1.1−0.40.95−0.39
Hansen-J23.8642.1727.3291.21
Hansen-C23.1624.2821.5113.59

Notes:

***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05. Standard errors in parentheses. All coefficients are standardized. One period lagged dependent variable (DV) is included in the model

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