Green agenda and green performance: Empirical evidence for real estate companies

Journal of European Real Estate Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-155

  Cajias, Marcelo ^a   Geiger, Peter ^a   Bienert, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Europe; European Public Real Estate Association; Global Reporting Initiative; Quantile regression; Real estate; Social responsibility; Sustainable real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864495398     PISSN: 17539269     EISSN: 17539277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17539261211250717     Document Type: Article

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