Is Ethical Money Sensitive to Past Returns? The Case of Portfolio Constraints and Persistence in Islamic Funds

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 363-384

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Islamic funds; Performance; Persistence; SRI funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948962322     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: 15730735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-015-0234-x     Document Type: Article

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