Measuring the performance of ethical mutual funds: A DEA approach

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 521-531

  Basso, A ^a   Funari, S ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Ethical funds; Finance; Mutual fund performance indexes

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; THEOREM PROVING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ETHICAL MUTUAL FUNDS; FRACTIONAL LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0038278755     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601541     Document Type: Article

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