Paul Smeets

University of Amsterdam

Professor

Plantage Muidergracht 12

Amsterdam, 1018TV

Netherlands

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Why Do Investors Hold Socially Responsible Mutual Funds?

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Why Do Investors Hold Socially Responsible Mutual Funds?

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 01 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2017
Arno Riedl and Paul Smeets
Maastricht University and University of Amsterdam
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experimental finance, social preferences, socially responsible investments, mutual funds

Social Preferences and Portfolio Choice

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4403
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 02 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Arno Riedl and Paul Smeets
Maastricht University and University of Amsterdam
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portfolio choice, social preferences, socially responsible investments, mutual funds, administrative investor data, experiment, survey

Why Do Investors Hold Socially Responsible Mutual Funds?

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Netspar Discussion Paper No. 08/2013-043 (revised December 2016)
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 15 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2017
Arno Riedl and Paul Smeets
Maastricht University and University of Amsterdam
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experimental finance, social preferences, socially responsible investments, mutual funds

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Get Real! Individuals Prefer More Sustainable Investments

The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 34, Issue 8, August 2021, Pages 3976–4043
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 21 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2021
Rob Bauer, Tobias Ruof and Paul Smeets
Maastricht University, Maastricht University and University of Amsterdam
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survey experiment, social preferences, socially responsible investments, sustainable finance, experimental finance

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Investor Memory

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 15 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2024
Katrin Gödker, Peiran Jiao and Paul Smeets
Bocconi Univesity, Maastricht University - Department of Finance and University of Amsterdam
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Selective Memory, Beliefs, Motivated Reasoning, Investor Behavior, Experimental Finance

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Do Financial Advisors Charge Sustainable Investors a Premium?

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Do Financial Advisors Charge Sustainable Investors a Premium?

Number of pages: 151 Posted: 19 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2023
Marten Laudi, Paul Smeets and Utz Weitzel
University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam
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Experimental Finance, Financial Advice, Sustainable Investing, Financial Literacy

Do Financial Advisors Exploit Responsible Investment Preferences?

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2021-070/IV
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 22 Jul 2021
Utz Weitzel, Marten Laudi and Paul Smeets
VU University Amsterdam, University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics and University of Amsterdam
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Experimental Finance, Financial Advice, Socially Responsible Investments

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Mental Models in Financial Markets: How Do Experts Reason About the Pricing of Climate Risk?

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Mental Models in Financial Markets: How Do Experts Reason About the Pricing of Climate Risk?

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 986/2024
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 03 Jun 2024
Rob Bauer, Katrin Gödker, Paul Smeets and Florian Zimmermann
Maastricht University, Bocconi Univesity, University of Amsterdam and IZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Mental models, climate beliefs, climate risk pricing, second-order beliefs

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Why Do Investors Pay Higher Fees for Sustainable Investments? An Experiment in Five European Countries

Number of pages: 134 Posted: 10 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 18 May 2024
Daniel Engler, Gunnar Gutsche and Paul Smeets
University of Kassel - Economics, University of Kassel - Economics and University of Amsterdam
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sustainable investments, experimental finance, financial literacy, cross-country analysis

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Social Identification and Investment Decisions

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2015
Rob Bauer and Paul Smeets
Maastricht University and University of Amsterdam
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Citation 58

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Socially responsible investments (SRI), social identification, mutual funds

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The Wealth Gap in Fairness Preferences: Evidence from America’s Top 5%

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2023
Alain Cohn, Lasse J. Jessen, Marko Klasnja and Paul Smeets
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information, University of Kiel - Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, New York University and University of Amsterdam
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redistribution, social preferences, experimental economics, inequality

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A Fistful of Dollars - Financial Incentives, Peer Information, and Retirement Savings

Number of pages: 127 Posted: 24 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2021
Rob Bauer, Inka Eberhardt Hiabu and Paul Smeets
Maastricht University, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) and University of Amsterdam
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Retirement Savings, Field Experiment; Financial Incentives; Peer Information

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Breaking Down Menstrual Barriers in Bangladesh; Cluster RCT Evidence on School Attendance and Psychosocial Outcomes of Adolescent Girls

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 02 Jun 2021
Lidwien Sol, Eleonora E. Nillesen and Paul Smeets
Maastricht University, United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) and University of Amsterdam
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Menstrual Health, Education, Teacher Training Programs, Adolescent Development, Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT), Development Economics

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Dirty Money. The Impact of Negative ESG News Sentiment on Dividend Consumption

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2023
Marten Laudi, Thomas Pauls and Paul Smeets
University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Amsterdam
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Behavioral Finance, Household Finance, ESG

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Meet the Parents: Impact of a Menstrual Health Intervention on Parental Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Towards Menstrual Taboos in Rural Bangladesh

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Jun 2021
Eleonora E. Nillesen, Paul Smeets and Lidwien Sol
United Nations University (UNU-MERIT), University of Amsterdam and Maastricht University
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menstrual health, parents, RCT, attitudes, IAT, taboos

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Do sex hormones at birth predict later-life economic preferences? Evidence from a pregnancy birth cohort study

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 17 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2020
Boris van Leeuwen, Paul Smeets, Jeanne Bovet, Gideon Nave, Jonathan Stieglitz and Andrew Whitehouse
Tilburg University - Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Independent and Perth Children’s Hospital - Telethon Kids Institute
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hormones, economic preferences, testosterone, developmental origins

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Eliciting Pension Beneficiaries’ Sustainability Preferences: Why and How?

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2021-12, Published in Hammond, P.B., R. Maurer, and O.S. Mitchell (Eds.) (2023). Pension Funds and Sustainable Investment: Challenges and Opportunities. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Posted: 24 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
Rob Bauer and Paul Smeets
Maastricht University and University of Amsterdam

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pension participant survey, social preferences, socially responsible investments