Searching for the most profitable and sustainable investment strategy: evidence from sovereign bond funds

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1034-1053

  Vargas, Maria ^a   Vicente, Ruth ^a   Muñoz, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

best in class analysis; financial performance; GDP per capita; Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index; sovereign bond funds; sustainable competitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925943946     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2012.745818     Document Type: Article

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