Socially responsible investment (SRI) evolved, along the last two decades, from an almost unexplored topic inscience to a recurrent theme of research and debate in Economics and Finance. The growing interest on the theme has two fundamental causes. On one hand, empirical evidence unveils a...

Socially responsible investment (SRI) evolved, along the last two decades, from an almost unexplored topic inscience to a recurrent theme of research and debate in Economics and Finance. The growing interest on the theme has two fundamental causes. On one hand, empirical evidence unveils a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how eventual pressures from national lobbies may lead governments to shift from an optimal into a non-optimal innovation policy. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical model is developed in order to examine and explain the growth and...