Publikationen

Publikationen

Die Mitglieder der Wissenschaftsplattform Sustainable Finance stellen ihre Forschung in verschiedenen Publikationsformaten zur Verfügung.

Eine zentrale Rolle spielen dabei die projekteigenen Policy Briefs. Hinzu kommen Discussion und Working Paper der Partnerinstitutionen sowie ausgewählte Beiträge in externen Publikationen.

Alle Publikationen im Überblick

  • Wissenschaftliche Publikation

    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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  • Wissenschaftliche Publikation

    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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  • Wissenschaftliche Publikation

    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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  • Wissenschaftliche Publikation

    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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  • Wissenschaftliche Publikation

    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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  • Wissenschaftliche Publikation

    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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  • Wissenschaftliche Publikation

    Corporate Finance: Sustainable and conventional mutual funds: Do they really differ?

    This study empirically analyzes the claim that sustainable funds are masked conventional funds for a small part of the German equity fund market. Additionally, we…

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  • Wissenschaftliche Publikation

    Corporate Ownership and Control: The Effects of Ownership Concentration on Sustainability: A Case of Listed Firms from USA, UK and Germany

    Concentrated ownership has been speculated to play a direct role in leading firms to focus more on long-term sustainability. Concentrated ownership, however, can take many…

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    Corporate Finance: Characterizing German (Sustainable) Investors

    This paper highlights the results of four empirical studies, based on the same representative survey among German retail investors. We analyze the differences between sustainable,…

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    BuR – Business Research: Comparing those who do, might and will not invest in sustainable funds – A survey among German retail fund investors

    In this paper, we empirically examine whether superior performance in corporate social responsibility (CSR) results in lower credit risk, measured by credit ratings and zero-volatility spreads (z-spreads).…

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