The Economic Value of Corporate Eco-Efficiency

European Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 679-704

  Guenster, Nadja ^a   Bauer, Rob ^a   Derwall, Jeroen ^a,b   Koedijk, Kees ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capital markets; Corporate social responsibility; Eco efficiency; Firm operating performance; Firm value; Management policies; Shareholder value

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960664131     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2009.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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