Investor responsibility and Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global

Etikk i Praksis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-96

  Nagell, Hilde W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complicity; Fiduciary duties; Investor responsibility; Norway's Government Pension Fund Global; Signalling effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859966367     PISSN: 18903991     EISSN: 18904009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5324/eip.v5i1.1734     Document Type: Review

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