Bad Greenwashing, Good Greenwashing: Corporate Social Responsibility and Information Transparency

Yue Wu
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Yue Wu
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1579-247X
Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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Kaifu Zhang
Kaifu Zhang
Alibaba Group, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
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Jinhong Xie
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Jinhong Xie
Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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Yue Wu

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Yue Wu

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1579-247X

Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260

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Kaifu Zhang

Alibaba Group, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China

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Jinhong Xie

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Jinhong Xie

Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611

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Published Online:7 Jan 2020https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3340

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Received:November 15, 2016
Accepted:February 27, 2019
Published Online:January 07, 2020

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