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Is it Worth Being Good? – The Efficiency and Risk of Socially Responsible Investing in Light of Various Empirical Studies Cover

Is it Worth Being Good? – The Efficiency and Risk of Socially Responsible Investing in Light of Various Empirical Studies

By: Tomasz Jedynak  
Open Access
|Jul 2018

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Language: English
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Submitted on: Oct 21, 2015
Accepted on: Jul 31, 2017
Published on: Jul 25, 2018
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