Do banks value the eco-friendliness of firms in their corporate lending decision? Some empirical evidence

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-93

  Nandy, Monomita ^a   Lodh, Suman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate lending; Corporate social responsibility; Environment consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870491026     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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