Publications
The members of the Sustainable Finance Research Platform publish their research in various formats.
The Platform’s Policy Briefs play a central role. In addition, there are discussion and working papers from the partner institutes as well as selected external publications.
All publications
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Schmalenbachs Business Review: Investment Barriers and Labeling Schemes for Socially Responsible Investments
Given the increasing role of socially responsible investing (SRI), but still limited participation of individual (i.e. small, retail) investors, the objective of this study is…
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Credit and Capital Markets: Drivers of Socially Responsible Investments Across Europe
The European Union wants to foster the sustainable growth of the economy by using the financial markets as an intermediary. Thus, politicians need to know…
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Financial Markets and Portfolio Management: Factor exposures and diversification: are sustainably screened portfolios any different?
We analyze the performance, risk, and diversification characteristics of global screened and best-in-class equity portfolios constructed according to Inrate’s sustainability ratings. The financial performance of…
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Journal of Risk: The impact of corporate social and environmental performance on credit rating prediction: North America versus Europe
We quantify the extent to which the quality of credit rating predictions improves by integrating measures of corporate social performance (CSP) in an established credit…
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Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment: On the heterogeneity of sustainable and responsible investors
We demonstrate that German retail investors have very heterogeneous requirements pertaining to ‘sustainable investments’ as a group, based on a representative survey (n = 1014). According to…
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Journal of Business Ethics: Individual and regional Christian religion and the consideration of sustainable criteria in consumption and investment decisions: An exploratory econometric analysis
The concept of sustainable and responsible (SR) investments expresses that every investment should be based on the SR investor’s code of ethics. To a large…
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Scientific publication, Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice: Are insurance balance sheets carbon-neutral? Harnessing asset pricing for climate change policy
Due to its enormous size and capital base, the insurance industry has the potential to play a key role in countering climate change. To this…
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Review of Managerial Science: Corporate scandals and the reliability of ESG assessments: evidence from an international sample
This paper studies the reliability of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessments in the case of corporate scandals. Reliable disclosures on ESG assessments may reduce…
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Journal of Applied Accounting Research: Board composition and corporate risk-taking: a review of listed firms from Germany and the USA
Corporate governance is a crucial factor when considering excessive corporate risk-taking. Since corporate boards play such an important role in corporate governance, the purpose of…
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Journal of Business Ethics: Individual and regional Christian religion and the consideration of sustainable criteria in consumption and investment decisions: An exploratory econometric analysis
This study aims to shed light on the relationship between individual and regional Christian religion (and religiosity) and individual sustainable behaviors in an exploratory manner,…
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