Do financial markets care about SRI? Evidence from mergers and acquisitions

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1753-1761

  Aktas, Nihat ^a   de Bodt, Eric ^b   Cousin, Jean Gabriel ^b  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Abnormal returns; Mergers and acquisitions; Socially responsible investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955627825     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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