Socially responsible investment funds: Investor reaction to current and past returns

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1850-1859

  Benson, Karen L ^a   Humphrey, Jacquelyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fund flows; Socially responsible investment funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749093997     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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