Environmental externalities and cost of capital

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2223-2247

  Chava, Sudheer ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Cost of capital; Environmental externalities; Finance; Financial institutions; Investment

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; INVESTMENTS;

COST OF CAPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIPS; SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907402428     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1863     Document Type: Article

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