The investment performance of socially responsible investment funds in Australia

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-203

  Jones, Stewart ^a   Van Der Laan, Sandra ^a   Frost, Geoff ^a   Loftus, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital asset pricing model; Investment performance; SRI funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949143189     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9412-6     Document Type: Article

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