International evidence on ethical mutual fund performance and investment style

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1751-1767

  Bauer, Rob ^a,b   Koedijk, Kees ^c   Otten, Rogér ^b  

^a ABP Investments ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethical investments; Mutual funds; Performance evaluation; Style analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144388600     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2004.06.035     Document Type: Article

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