Influence of the corporate social responsibility factors and financial factors on REIT performance in Australia

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-403

  Newell, Graeme ^a   Lee, Chyi Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A REITs; Australia; Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; CSR factors; Financial factors; Multi factor model; Real estate; Separate pricing; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863799881     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635781211241789     Document Type: Article

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