The impact of corporate social responsibility on the cost of bank loans

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1794-1810

  Goss, Allen ^a   Roberts, Gordon S ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Loan pricing; Socially responsible investing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955612436     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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