Is ethical money financially smart? Nonfinancial attributes and money flows of socially responsible investment funds

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 562-588

  Renneboog, Luc ^a   Ter Horst, Jenke ^a   Zhang, Chendi ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethical funds; Investment screens; Investor clienteles; Mutual funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051788729     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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