The moral preferences of investors: Experimental evidence
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2024.103955
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- Jean-François Bonnefon & Augustin Landier & Parinitha R. Sastry & David Thesmar, 2022. "The Moral Preferences of Investors: Experimental Evidence," NBER Working Papers 29647, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Portfolio choice; Externalities; Behavioral finance; ESG investing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
- G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
- D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
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