Essays about: "Socially Responsible Investing"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 essays containing the words Socially Responsible Investing.
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1. ESG Ratings and Stock Market Performance: Evidence of a Shift in Investor Preferences during a Period of Economic Distress in Scandinavia
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : During the Covid-19 crisis, firms with high environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings traded within the Scandinavian markets had more significant pandemic-induced drops in stock returns than firms with low profiles in ESG. The difference was close to ten percentage points more severe for high-ESG compared to low-ESG firms. READ MORE
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2. Constructing a Social Profitability Index: Socially Responsible Investing in Electric Utilities
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Building on a theory about the Social Profitability Index (SPI), this paper is the first to construct an SPI in practice ranking investment opportunities based on social and financial returns within the electric utility industry. The social return is the investor-preference weighted social gain from avoiding carbon emissions by changing to renewable production technology in a firm. READ MORE
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3. To Sin or Not to Sin? A Study of Traditional and New Sin Stocks on the American Stock Market
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study aims to investigate the difference in stock return between traditional sin stocks, new sin stocks, and their respective peer stocks. The purpose was to expand the scarcely researched area of new sin stocks by being the first one to focus on new sin stocks on the American stock market (United States NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ stock exchanges), as this area has only been researched in Europe before. READ MORE
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4. The power of purpose: How ESG subcategories drive financial performance : A comprehensive analysis using the Fama-French Five-Factor model
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för management (MAN)Abstract : ESG investing is a hot subject in today’s world with socially responsible investments under management reaching 35.3 trillion in the beginning of 2020. Corporations today are highly affected by social and government pressure to take on corporate social responsibility. READ MORE
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5. How can impact be measured and evaluated? : evidence from Swedish impact investors
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Impact investing has become more recognized in recent years as businesses, communities and governments try to find new solutions to tackle environmental and social concerns. The term involves creating environmental and/or social benefits while generating financial returns, and thereby producing a positive impact for the society with investments. READ MORE