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Australian Socially Responsible Funds: Performance, Risk and Screening Intensity

Humphrey, Jacquelyn; Lee, Darren D

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We investigate the performance and risk of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) equity funds in the Australian market and find no significant difference between the returns of SRI and conventional funds. In an extension to prior literature, we examine the impact of the number of positive, negative and total screens funds impose on performance and risk. We find little evidence of positive or negative screening impacting total return, but find weak evidence that funds with more screens overall...[Show more]

CollectionsANU Research Publications
Date published: 2011
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/24953
Source: Journal of Business Ethics
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0836-7

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