Motives to engage in sustainable investment: A comparison between institutional and private investors

Sustainable Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Jansson, Magnus ^a   Biel, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Ethical investments; Investment decisions; Socially responsible investment; Values

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INVESTMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79953069594     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.512     Document Type: Article

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