The impact of ethical ratings on Canadian security performance: Portfolio management and corporate governance implications

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-54

  Fischer, Klaus ^a   Khoury, Nabil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical ratings; Security performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846527323     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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