Assessing the linkages between corporate social responsibility and A-REIT performance

Pacific Rim Property Research Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-387

  Newell, Graeme ^a   Peng, Hsu Wen ^b   Yam, Sharon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

A REITs; Benchmarking; Corporate social responsibility; CSR A REIT performance index; Portfolio diversification; Risk adjusted returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856998869     PISSN: 14445921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14445921.2011.11104332     Document Type: Article

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