Aggregate confusion or inner conflict? An experimental analysis of investors’ reaction to greenwashing
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Keywords
Greenwashing; Sustainable investing; Cognitive dissonance; Stated choice experiment; Sustainability reporting; Investor behaviour;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
- 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
- M48 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Government Policy and Regulation
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