Do Stock Investors Value Corporate Sustainability? Evidence from an Event Study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-165

  Kong Cheung, Adrian Wai ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Characteristic based benchmark model; Corporate sustainability; Dow Jones Sustainability World Index; Event study

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952706065     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0646-3     Document Type: Article

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