Ethical investing in Australia: Is there a financial penalty?

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-48

  Bauer, Rob ^a,b   Otten, Rogér ^a   Rad, Alireza Tourani ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ABP Investments ^*  (Netherlands)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethical investments; Mutual funds; Performance evaluation; Style analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 30044436765     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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