Socially responsible investments: Institutional aspects, performance, and investor behavior

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1723-1742

  Renneboog, Luc ^a   Ter Horst, Jenke ^a   Zhang, Chendi ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Ethical investing; Investment screens; Money flows; Mutual funds; Performance evaluation; Socially responsible investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749108761     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.12.039     Document Type: Article

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