Morality in the financial market? A look at religiously affiliated mutual funds in the USA

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-259

  Peifer, Jared L ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Economic sociology; Ethics; Finance; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953148113     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwq024     Document Type: Article

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