Sustainability stock exchange indexes and investor expectations: Multivariate evidence from DJSI-Stoxx

Revista Espanola de Financiacion y Contabilidad

Volumn 40, Issue 151, 2011, Pages 395-416

  Ortas, Eduardo ^a   Moneva, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate Social Performance; Corporate social responsibility; Ethical investment; Stakeholder theory; Sustainable stock exchange indexes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054958050     PISSN: 02102412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02102412.2011.10779706     Document Type: Article

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