Corporate misconduct, trade credit and charitable donations: evidence from Chinese listed companies

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how revelations of corporate misconduct are associated with trade credit. Specifically, it investigates how this association varies in different regions, in different types of industries and in response to companies’ subsequent charitable donations. Design/methodology/approach The authors empirically tested various hypotheses using a sample of 2,725 Chinese A-share listed companies from 2009 to...