The demographic profile of socially responsible investors

Managerial Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 474-481

  Junkus, Joan C ^a   Berry, Thomas C ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Demographics; Investments; Investors; Social responsibility; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015630478     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074351011042955     Document Type: Article

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