The performance of european socially responsible funds

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 573-588

  Cortez, Maria Ceu ^a   Silva, Florinda ^a   Areal, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fund performance evaluation; General market indices; Socially responsible indices; Socially responsible investing; Socially responsible mutual funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349269843     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9959-x     Document Type: Article

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