Sovereign bonds and socially responsible investment

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 92, Issue SUPPL 1, 2010, Pages 131-145

  Drut, Bastien ^a,b  

^a SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^b Quantitative Research   (France)

Author keywords

Extra financial ratings; Mean variance efficiency; Portfolio selection; Responsible investing; Socially responsible investment; Sovereign bonds; Spanning tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894229374     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0638-3     Document Type: Article

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