Manuscript type: Research paper Research aims: This research is based on an experiment which is conducted to examine the effects of financial information and corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure on investment decision. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research employs the laboratory experiment design which involves 45 graduate students as subjects. The independent variable, financial information, is manipulated by favourable and unfavourable financial information while the CSR disclosure is manipulated by prevention focus and promotion focus. The dependent variable, investment decision, is manipulated by using the 10-point Likert scale. Subjects are randomly assigned to one of four treatments (favourable or unfavourable financial information and promotion focus or prevention focus of CSR disclosure). Research findings: The results show that CSR disclosure affects investment decision. The results also show that subjects decide on
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