Essays about: "carbon-intensive stocks"

Found 2 essays containing the words carbon-intensive stocks.

1. 1. Carb-on or Carb-off? : Carbon-intensive stocks' performance in an age of socially responsible investing

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Fredrik Westergård; August Wigh; [2020]
   Keywords : carbon stocks; carbon-intensive stocks; emission stocks; socially responsible investing; sin investing;

   Abstract : This study investigates the performance of carbon-intensive stocks in the United States and provides evidence of abnormal returns between 2000 and 2019. However, these abnormal returns are isolated to the period 2000 to 2002 which coincides with the Dot-com crash. READ MORE

3. 2. Predicting the future of China's energy demand in terms of directed technological change

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Miao Zhang; [2012]
   Keywords : energy demand; prediction; factor-augmenting knowledge; relative price of energy; directed technological change; DTC; endogenous growth; simulations; China;

   Abstract : With double-digit economic growth, mounting consumer demand and being roused industry potentialities, China’s ascendancy has been marked “the start of a new age in the history of energy.” Understanding the impacts of technological change and diffusion in a large carbon-intensive country like China is essential for getting acquainted with the future trajectory of global energy demand. READ MORE