Profiling socially responsible investors: Australian evidence

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-209

  Pérez Gladish, Blanca ^a   Benson, Karen ^b   Faff, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethical investment; socially responsible investment (SRI); socially responsible investor's profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864759399     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896211429158     Document Type: Article

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