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  SN Business & Economics: Impact investments: a call for (re)orientation

  Practitioners and academics have been using different terms to describe investments in the sustainability context. The latest inflationary term is impact investments—investments that focus on…

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  Corporate Finance: Regulatory framework for sustainable investment products – Current developments and associated challenges

  With the Sustainable Finance legislative package published by the European Commission on April 21, 2021, another valuable step has been taken towards sustainable financial development.…

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  Climate Policy: Acceptance of climate-oriented policy measures under the COVID-19 crisis: an empirical analysis for Germany

  Based on data from a representative survey among citizens in Germany during the first peak of the COVID-19 crisis, this paper empirically examines the acceptance…

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  Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance: Revisiting the determinants of individual sustainable investment—The case of Japan

  This study empirically examines individual sustainable investment behavior of households’ decision-makers in Japan from three perspectives. Based on data from a representative online survey among…

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  Journal of Public Economics: More birds than stones: A framework for second-best energy and climate policy adjustments

  A well-known principle in public economics states that at least as many policy instruments as market failures are required to achieve an efficient outcome. In…

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  Energy Research & Social Science: Who wants to get involved? Determining citizen willingness to participate in German renewable energy cooperatives

  This paper analyzes the potential for citizen participation in renewable energy cooperatives and the energy transition process in Germany. We consider representative survey data for…

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  Nature Energy: The cost of debt of renewable and non-renewable energy firms

  The risks imminent to younger technologies and markets may hinder renewable energy firms’ access to financing. This could curtail the investment needed for the transformation…

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  Climate Policy: Addressing the climate change adaptation puzzle: a psychological science perspective

  Unlike climate change mitigation, adaptation to climate change does not as much suffer from the fundamental global public good problem – at least at the…

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  Journal of Business Ethics: Active first movers vs. late free-riders? An empirical analysis of UN PRI signatories’ commitment

  Joining voluntary thematic initiatives can be a means for firms to legitimate their business activities. However, a lack of review mechanisms could create incentives for…

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  Financial Analysts Journal: Risk mitigation of corporate social performance in US class action lawsuits

  We investigated the relationship between corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and litigation risk by examining US class action lawsuits. We found that a…

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