Can capital markets respond to environmental policy of firms? Evidence from Greece

Ecological Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 578-587

  Halkos, George ^a   Sepetis, Anastasios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capital market; Environmental management; Systematic risk; TGARCH

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; RISK FACTOR; STOCK MARKET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250206679     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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