Erol, Isil; Unal, Umut; Coskun, Yener - 2021
234 ESG-rated REITs across five developed economies from 2003 to 2019, this study investigates both the causal … influencing the financial performance of REITs. This study is the first attempt to test the social impact hypothesis of the … market valuation of REITs. We find strong support for the trade-off hypothesis in our full-sample analysis and argue that …