TY - JOUR T1 - The Religions of Social Responsibility JF - The Journal of Investing SP - 14 LP - 21 DO - 10.3905/joi.2005.580542 VL - 14 IS - 3 AU - Meir Statman Y1 - 2005/08/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/14/3/14.abstract N2 - Investors who follow different tenets of social responsibility and choose different socially responsible mutual funds might be described as members of different religious denominations. Some social responsibility “religions” have a single tenet, such as protection of the environment. Others combine several, such as avoidance of tobacco, alcohol, and weapons-making. A framework of the economics of religion can help us answer questions such as why some mutual funds attract many investors while others attract few; the differences between strategies that are effective at attracting individual versus institutional investors to SRI; and whether government regulations aimed at fostering SRI are likely to accomplish their aim. ER -