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Socially responsible investment SRI has seen a massive growth in the last 10 to 15 years. We investigate the role of personal values in an investment decision in a controlled experimental setting.

Participants were asked to choose an investment in a bond issued by a tobacco company or a … Expand. The private cost of socially responsible investing. A crucial issue to many investors is whether ethical screening affects portfolio performance. We … Expand. Paying to Be Good? Ethical Investments. Ethical investing raises questions relating both to the possibility of private provision of public goods and to the determination of asset prices in financial markets.

In both cases, economists have … Expand. An exploration of ethical investment in the UK. This paper examines ethical investment in the UK with particular reference to ethical unit trusts, institutional investors taking universities as an example , and environmental issues.

It begins … Expand. The ethical investor: Exploring dimensions of investment behaviour. Finance theory conventionally focuses on risk and return as the factors relevant to the construction of investment portfolios. But there is evidence of a growing number of investors who wish to … Expand. In recent years a growing emphasis has been given to the moral dimension of financial investment.

This has been evidenced by the growth in 'socially responsible' managed funds. This paper addresses … Expand. A descriptive study of social responsibility mutual funds. Abstract This paper provides the results of a descriptive study of the socially responsible mutual funds currently existing in the U.

Managers of these funds employ very similar procedures for … Expand. Towards a theory of social investment: A review essay. Abstract This paper critically evaluates an attempt by the American sociologist Bruyn to develop a conceptual foundation for social investment policy and research. The Review of Financial Studies, 29 11 , Beal, D. Why do we invest ethically? The Journal of Investing, 14 3 , Bouslah, K.

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