Portfolio greenness and the financial performance of REITs

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1911-1929

  Eichholtz, Piet ^a   Kok, Nils ^a   Yonder, Erkan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy star; LEED; Real estate; REITs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027937366     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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