On the comparative performance of socially responsible and Islamic mutual funds

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Abdelsalam, Omneya ^a   Fethi, Meryem Duygun ^b   Matallín, Juan Carlos ^c   Tortosa Ausina, Emili ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Islamic funds; Performance; Quantile regression; Socially responsible funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904161689     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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