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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Journal of Cleaner Production: A review of technology and policy deep decarbonization pathway options for making energy-intensive industry production consistent with the Paris Agreement
The production of commodities by energy-intensive industry is responsible for 1/3 of annual global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The climate goal of the Paris Agreement,…
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Energy Journal: Directed Technical Change and Energy Intensity Dynamics: Structural Change vs. Energy Efficiency
This paper uses a model with Directed Technical Change to theoretically analyse observable heterogeneous energy intensity developments. Based on the empirical evidence, we decompose changes…
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Canadian Journal of Economics: On the effects of unilateral environmental policy on offshoring in multi-stage production processes
We extend the literature on global supply chains by analyzing if and how unilateral environmental regulation induces offshoring. We develop an analytical model of two-stage…
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Sustainability: Exploring the Supply-Demand-Discrepancy of Sustainable Financial Products in Germany from a Financial Advisor’s Point of View
Although retail investors’ interest in sustainable investment is constantly increasing, German credit unions and co-operative banks offer few sustainable financial products. The purpose of the…
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Review of Financial Economics: Over-investment or risk mitigation? Corporate social responsibility in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Japan, and the United States
We study the relationship of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the distribution of stock returns for an international sample. Firms with a high level of…
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Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment: Patience pays off – corporate social responsibility and long-term stock returns
This paper presents new evidence on the implications of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on stock returns. By implementing a long-term focus as well as using…
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Nature Climate Change: A climate stress-test of the financial system
The urgency of estimating the impact of climate risks on the financial system is increasingly recognized among scholars and practitioners. By adopting a network approach…
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Sustainability: The Role of Sustainable Investment in Climate Policy
Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals requires a fundamental socio-economic transformation accompanied by substantial investment in low-carbon infrastructure. Such a sustainability transition represents a non-marginal change,…
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Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy: Climate Policy with the Chequebook – An Economic Analysis of Climate Investment Support
Across the globe, climate policy is increasingly using investment support instruments, such as grants, concessional loans, and guarantees – whereas carbon prices are losing importance.…
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Economic Journal: Taxing Externalities Under Financing Constraints
We consider a production economy with externalities, which can be reduced by additional firm-level expenditures. This requires firms to raise additional outside financing, leading to…
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