Does It Pay to Be Socially Responsible? Evidence from Spain's Retail Banking Sector

European Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 755-787

  Callado Muñoz, Francisco J ^a   Utrero González, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Hotelling's model; Spanish banking; Strategic competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051700996     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2009.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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