Measuring Investors' Socially Responsible Preferences in Mutual Funds

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 305-330

  Barreda Tarrazona, Iván ^a   Matallín Sáez, Juan Carlos ^a   Balaguer Franch, M Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

experimental method; information; investor behavior; mutual funds; socially responsible investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052418705     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0868-z     Document Type: Article

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