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Socially Responsible Investments in Germany, Switzerland and the United States: An Analysis of Investment Funds and Indices

The aim of this study is the analysis of so called socially responsible investments (SRI). First, the performance of SRI equity investment funds and equity indices is investigated using Jensen´s alpha as performance measure. The analysis considers market timing strategies of the fund management and takes publicly available information into account (conditional performance). In the second part sensitivities regarding macroeconomic factors are estimated and the third part investigates the investment style of the SRI funds and indices. It is found that most of the SRI assets have a similar performance than their benchmarks. Only a few funds and indices exhibit a relatively poor performance. As SRI funds and indices seem to have some specific risk-return characteristics (investment styles) that might be characterised as special investment vehicles different from conventional assets.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 03-10

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Pension Funds; Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
Renewable Resources and Conservation: General
Sustainable Development
Thema
Socially responsible investing
performance measurement
investment style
investment funds
Investmentfonds
Unternehmensethik
Verantwortung
Umweltschutz
Wertpapieranalyse
Schätzung
Deutschland
Schweiz
Vereinigte Staaten
Jensen alpha

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Schröder, Michael
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2003

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Schröder, Michael
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Entstanden

  • 2003

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