When does institutional investor activism increase shareholder value? the carbon disclosure project

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Eun Hee ^a   Lyon, Thomas ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon Disclosure Project; institutional investor activism; Kyoto Protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052523257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2676     Document Type: Article

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