The stocks at stake: Return and risk in socially responsible investment

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2646-2654

  Galema, Rients ^a   Plantinga, Auke ^a   Scholtens, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Financial performance; GMM; Return; Risk; Stakeholder management

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149118403     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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