Market Reactions to Increased Reliability of Sustainability Information

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-128

  Lackmann, Julia ^a   Ernstberger, Jürgen ^a   Stich, Michael ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Event study; Market reactions; Reliability; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859848909     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1026-3     Document Type: Article

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