Which Dimensions of Social Responsibility Concern Financial Investors?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 559-576

  Girerd Potin, Isabelle ^a   Jimenez Garcès, Sonia ^a   Louvet, Pascal ^a  

^a IAE de Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

Asset pricing; Corporate financial performance; Principal component analysis; Social ratings; Socially responsible investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901607156     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1731-1     Document Type: Article

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