Profiling socially responsible investors: Australian evidence

Blanca Pérez-Gladish, Karen Benson and Robert Faff
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Blanca Pérez-Gladish: Departamento de Economía Cuantitativa, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

Australian Journal of Management, 2012, vol. 37, issue 2, 189-209

Abstract: With the aid of an online survey, the purpose of this study is to examine financial preferences; social, environmental and ethical concerns; and socio-demographic characteristics of Australian socially responsible (SR) investors. The study advances knowledge of SR investors’ profiles and their motivations when making investment decisions. Based on a sample of 145 investors, our findings suggest that SR investors seek financial return as well as non-financial benefits. Social conscience and social health issues, as opposed to environmental issues, are relevant to investors. Interestingly, investor risk tolerance is a relatively unimportant factor in the choice of SR investments. Finally, in terms of socio-demographics, SR investors tend to be middle-aged, be middle-income professionals and have tertiary qualifications.

Keywords: ethical investment; socially responsible investment (SRI); socially responsible investor’s profile (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1177/0312896211429158

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