TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining ethical investment and its demography in Australia
AU - Tippet, John
AU - Leung, Philomena
PY - 2001/11
Y1 - 2001/11
N2 - While ethical investment is relatively new in Australia, it is a well defined phenomenon in the United States and United Kingdom, subject to variations in interpretation in its practical implementation. Characteristics of ethical investment decision-making suggest ethical investors may be demographically different from “ordinary” investors. This descriptive paper reports on a survey of equity investors in Australia, comparing the average investor and an ethical investor. The main findings are that there is evidence of a strong gender effect, with females predominating among ethical investors, and that these investors are relatively young, highly educated and possessing small portfolios.
AB - While ethical investment is relatively new in Australia, it is a well defined phenomenon in the United States and United Kingdom, subject to variations in interpretation in its practical implementation. Characteristics of ethical investment decision-making suggest ethical investors may be demographically different from “ordinary” investors. This descriptive paper reports on a survey of equity investors in Australia, comparing the average investor and an ethical investor. The main findings are that there is evidence of a strong gender effect, with females predominating among ethical investors, and that these investors are relatively young, highly educated and possessing small portfolios.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=4043076502&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2002.tb00389.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2002.tb00389.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4043076502
SN - 1035-6908
VL - 11
SP - 44
EP - 55
JO - Australian Accounting Review
JF - Australian Accounting Review
IS - 25
ER -