Is there a difference? The performance characteristics of SRI equity indices

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 331-348

  Schröder, Michael ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equity indices; Performance; Risk; Socially responsible investing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847352921     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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