Rob Bauer

Maastricht University

P.O. Box 616

Maastricht, 6200 MD

Netherlands

European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE)

Tongersestraat 53

Maastricht, 6211LM

Netherlands

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Scholarly Papers (47)

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Empirical Evidence on Corporate Governance in Europe. The Effect on Stock Returns, Firm Value and Performance

EFMA 2004 Basel Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Oct 2003
Rob Bauer, Nadja Guenster and Rogér Otten
Maastricht University, University of Münster - Finance Center Muenster and Maastricht University - Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE)
Downloads 7,306 (1,595)
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corporate governance, financial performance, shareholder value, firm value, asset pricing

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Pension Fund Asset Allocation and Liability Discount Rates

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 29 May 2012 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2017
University of Amsterdam and CEPR, Maastricht University and University of Notre Dame
Downloads 5,854 (2,320)
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pension funds, defined benefit, regulation, liability discount rates, asset allocation, risk-taking, funding status, governance, board members

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Corporate Environmental Management and Credit Risk

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2014
Rob Bauer and Daniel Hann
Maastricht University and Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
Downloads 4,879 (3,181)
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Environmental Risk Management, Cost of Debt, Credit Ratings, Litigation, Regulatory Risk, Reputation Risk, Climate Change

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Pension Fund Performance and Costs: Small is Beautiful

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2012
Rob Bauer, Martijn Cremers and Rik Frehen
Maastricht University, University of Notre Dame and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
Downloads 3,808 (4,825)
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Pension Fund, Performance, Costs, Liquidity

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Can Large Pension Funds Beat the Market? Asset Allocation, Market Timing, Security Selection and the Limits of Liquidity

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2012
University of Amsterdam and CEPR, Maastricht University and University of Notre Dame
Downloads 3,696 (5,090)
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pension fund performance, asset allocation, market timing, security selection, dis-economies of scale, liquidity.

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Dynamic Commodity Timing Strategies

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Aug 2004 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2009
VU University Amsterdam, PGO-IM, Maastricht University, Robeco Asset Management and ABP Investments - Research Department
Downloads 3,349 (6,028)
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Commodity futures, market timing

International Evidence on Ethical Mutual Fund Performance and Investment Style

LIFE Working Paper No. 02.59
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Jan 2002
Maastricht University - Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE), Maastricht University and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
Downloads 3,196 (6,392)
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Mutual Funds, Performance evaluation, Style Analysis, Ethical Investments,

International Evidence on Ethical Mutual Fund Performance and Investment Style

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Nov 2002
Maastricht University, Tilburg University - Department of Finance and Maastricht University - Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE)
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Ethical mutual funds, investment style

International Evidence on Ethical Mutual Fund Performance and Investment Style

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 10 Jan 2006
Maastricht University, Tilburg University - Department of Finance and Maastricht University - Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE)

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Mutual Funds, Performance evaluation, Style Analysis, Ethical Investments

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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
Downloads 2,529 (9,357)
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survey experiment, social preferences, socially responsible investments, sustainable finance, experimental finance

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Option Trading and Individual Investor Performance

EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings Paper, Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2015
Maastricht University, Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management and University of Maastricht - Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE)
Downloads 2,471 (9,705)
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option trading, individual investor performance, investor sentiment, performance persistence, Internet brokerage

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The Economic Value of Corporate Eco-Efficiency

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Feb 2005
Maastricht University, University of Münster - Finance Center Muenster, Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
Downloads 2,281 (11,061)

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Corporate Social Responsibility, Eco-Efficiency, Shareholder value, Firm Value, Firm Operating Performance, Management Policies, Capital Markets

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Climate Change, Firm Performance, and Investor Surprises

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 30 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2022
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Maastricht University and Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance
Downloads 1,978 (13,904)
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Climate Change, Extreme Temperatures, Firm Performance, Analyst Forecast Accuracy, Investor Expectations

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Socially Responsible Investing: The Eco-Efficiency Premium Puzzle

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Feb 2004
Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance, Maastricht University, University of Münster - Finance Center Muenster and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
Downloads 1,647 (18,496)
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Socially Responsible Investing, SRI, Corporate Environmental Performance, Eco-Efficiency, Performance Measurement, Style Analysis

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Corporate Governance and Cross-Listing: Evidence from European Companies

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Sep 2004
Maastricht University, University of Oxford, St. Peter's College and Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Downloads 1,523 (20,836)

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corporate governance, cross-listing, bonding, Europe, ADRs

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Employee Relations and Credit Risk

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Oct 2009
Maastricht University, Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance and Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
Downloads 1,503 (21,278)
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nonfinancial stakeholders, employee relations, cost of debt, credit ratings, idiosyncratic risk

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Estimating Security Betas Using Prior Information Based on Firm Fundamentals

The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 29, Issue 4, April 2016, Pages 1072–1112, AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper, WFA 2009 San Diego Meetings Paper, EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 13 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2023
Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management, Tilburg University - Department of Finance, Maastricht University - Department of Finance and Maastricht University
Downloads 1,488 (21,589)
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asset pricing, portfolio construction, time-varying betas, shrinkage, panel data

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Private Shareholder Engagements on Material ESG Issues

Financial Analysts Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 29 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 31 May 2023
Maastricht University, Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance and Maastricht University
Downloads 1,412 (23,327)
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shareholder engagement, ESG, corporate sustainability, active ownership, materiality, sustainable finance, responsible investing

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A Review of the Active Management of Norway's Government Pension Fund Global

Number of pages: 117 Posted: 10 Jan 2022
Maastricht University, Aarhus University - CREATES and NHH Norwegian School of Economicsaffiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 1,221 (28,958)

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The Geography of Shareholder Engagement: Evidence from a Large British Institutional Investor

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 May 2013 Last Revised: 31 May 2014
Maastricht University, Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE)
Downloads 998 (38,572)
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corporate engagement, ESG, geography, determinants

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How Green is Your Property Portfolio? The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 34-43, 2011
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 03 May 2011 Last Revised: 30 May 2014
Maastricht University, University of Maastricht - Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE), School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University and University of California, Berkeley, College of Letters & Science, Department of Economics (Deceased)
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ESG, Energy Efficiency, Green Real Estate, Pension Fund, REITs

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Investment Beliefs that Matter: New Insights into the Value Drivers of Pension Funds

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 May 2010
Tilburg University - Department of Finance, Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society and Maastricht University
Downloads 961 (40,696)
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Investment, Performance, Pension Fund, Governance, Strategic Management

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The Eco-Efficiency Premium Puzzle

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Aug 2006
Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance, Maastricht University, University of Münster - Finance Center Muenster and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
Downloads 946 (41,010)
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corporate environmental performance, eco-efficiency, performance measurement, socially responsible investing (SRI), style analysis

The Eco-Efficiency Premium Puzzle

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 51-63, March/April 2005
Posted: 05 May 2005
Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance, Maastricht University, University of Münster - Finance Center Muenster and Tilburg University - Department of Finance

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Portfolio Management, Equity Strategies, Performance Measurement and Evaluation, Performance Measurement, Corporate Governance

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Corporate Governance, Cross-Listing, and Managerial Response to Stock Price Discounting: Royal Ahold and Market Arbitrage - Amsterdam and New York, 1973-2004

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Feb 2005
Maastricht University, Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and University of Oxford, St. Peter's College
Downloads 935 (42,322)
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Ahold, corporate governance, cross-listing, time-space market pricing

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Equity Style Timing Using Support Vector Regressions

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Jan 2005
ERIM, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Maastricht University and IKAT, Universiteit Maastricht
Downloads 813 (51,303)
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Stock returns, style timing, Support Vector Regression

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Is the Value Premium Predictable in Real Time?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Sep 2002
Rob Bauer and Roderick Molenaar
Maastricht University and Robeco Asset Management
Downloads 769 (55,218)
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Value Premium, Style Rotation, Recursive Modeling, Model Selection

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Who Withdraws Shareholder Proposals and Does It Matter? An Analysis of Sponsor Identity and Pay Practices

Corporate Governance: An International Review (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2015
Rob Bauer, Frank Moers and Michael Viehs
Maastricht University, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics and European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE)
Downloads 679 (65,160)
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Corporate governance, shareholder proposals, private negotiations, institutional ownership

The Real-Time Predictability of the Size and Value Premium in Japan

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Dec 2002
Maastricht University, Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance and Robeco Asset Management
Downloads 667 (65,706)
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size premium, value premium, style rotation, recursive modeling, model selection

The Real-Time Predictability of the Size and Value Premium in Japan

Posted: 25 Dec 2004
Maastricht University, Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance and Robeco Asset Management

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Size premium, value premium, recursive modeling, model selection, style switching, real time predictability

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Industry Competition, Ownership Structure and Shareholder Activism

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2010
Rob Bauer, Robin Braun and Michael Viehs
Maastricht University, Maastricht University and European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE)
Downloads 648 (69,134)
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Shareholder proposals, shareholder activism, industry competition, relative governance, managerial entrenchment, shareholder base

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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
Downloads 604 (75,495)
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Socially responsible investments (SRI), social identification, mutual funds

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Ethical Investing in Australia: Is There a Financial Penalty?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Aug 2004
Maastricht University, Maastricht University - Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE) and Auckland University of Technology - Faculty of Business & Law
Downloads 516 (91,874)
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Mutual funds, performance evaluation, style analysis, ethical investments

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Conditional Asset Pricing and Stock Market Anomalies in Europe

European Financial Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2008
Maastricht University, Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management and Maastricht University - Department of Finance
Downloads 477 (101,112)
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conditional asset pricing, time-varying risk, stock market anomalies

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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 and Paul Smeets
Maastricht University, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) and University of Amsterdam
Downloads 443 (110,245)
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Retirement Savings, Field Experiment; Financial Incentives; Peer Information

Ten Strategies for Pension Funds to Better Serve Their Beneficiaries

Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2013
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Sep 2013
Keith Ambachtsheer and Rob Bauer
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and Maastricht University
Downloads 242 (210,105)
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Earnings Guidance, Executive Compensation, Integrated Reporting, Long-Horizon Investing, Pension Fund, Stranded Assets, Sustainable Capitalism

Ten Strategies for Pension Funds to Better Serve Their Beneficiaries

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Jun 2013
Keith Ambachtsheer and Rob Bauer
University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and Maastricht University
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sustainable capitalism, stranded assets, quarterly earnings, integrated reporting, executive compensation structures, constructive investor behavior

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Economic Geography and European Finance

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Dec 2004
Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Maastricht University and University of Oxford, St. Peter's College
Downloads 425 (115,749)
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Economic geography, European integration, financial centres, corporate governance, enlargement

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Firm Characteristics, Industry, Horizon and Time Effects, in the Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns

University of Maastricht, Limburg Institute of Financial Economics Working Paper No. 03-008
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2009
Maastricht University, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of EconometricsNetspar, University of Maastricht, Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE) and Maastricht University - Department of Finance
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Stock returns, Forecasting, Panel data, Industry effects, Individual effects, Time effects

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The Emerging Market for European Corporate Governance: The Relationship between Governance and Capital Expenditures, 1997-2005

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Nov 2007
Rob Bauer, Robin Braun and Gordon L. Clark
Maastricht University, Maastricht University and Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Downloads 360 (139,847)
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Capital expenditure, Corporate governance, Europe, Shareholder value

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Corporate Directors Learn From Environmental Shareholder Engagements

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2022
Maastricht University, Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance and Maastricht University
Downloads 335 (151,106)
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board of directors, corporate environmental performance, shareholder engagement

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Environmental Performance: A Global Perspective on Commercial Real Estate

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Feb 2010
Maastricht University, University of Maastricht - Limburg Institute of Financial Economics (LIFE), School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University and Maastricht University
Downloads 307 (165,792)

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energy efficiency, real estate, sustainability, investments

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Walk the Green Talk? a Textual Analysis of Pension Funds’ Disclosures of Sustainable Investing

De Nederlandsche Bank Working Paper No. 770, 2023, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 911/2023
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2023
Rob Bauer, Dirk Broeders and Annick van Ool
Maastricht University, De Nederlandsche Bank and De Nederlandsche Bank
Downloads 289 (176,659)

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ESG, sustainability, SI initiatives, pension funds, textual analysis, natural language processing

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The Pension Fund Advantage: Are Canadians Overpaying Their Mutual Funds?

Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 2008
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 28 Oct 2008
Rob Bauer and Luc Kicken
Maastricht University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Sustainability Embedding Practices in Dutch Listed Companies

Number of pages: 143 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Maastricht University, Maastricht University - Department of Finance, Maastricht University - Faculty of Law and Maastricht University
Downloads 228 (223,550)
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[Sustainability Embedding, Sustainable Governance, Corporate Purpose, Planetary Boundaries]

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Common Advisor Effect in Strategic Asset Allocations

De Nederlandsche Bank Working Paper No. 612
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2020
Rob Bauer, Matteo Bonetti and Dirk Broeders
Maastricht University, De Nederlandsche Bank and De Nederlandsche Bank
Downloads 218 (233,227)
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Pension Funds, Asset Allocation, Alternative Asset Classes, Spatial Econometrics, Asset Management

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The Impact of Trustees' Age and Representation on Strategic Asset Allocations

De Nederlandsche Bank Working Paper No. 698
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 08 Dec 2020
Maastricht University, KPMG, De Nederlandsche Bank and De Nederlandsche Bank
Downloads 172 (288,559)

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Pension Funds, Asset Allocation, Pension Fund Governance, Agency Problems

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Long-Term Performance of Distressed Firms: The Role of Class-Action Lawsuits

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 01/2010-007
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Mar 2010
Rob Bauer and Robin Braun
Maastricht University and Maastricht University
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Legal Origins and Institutional Investors' Support for Corporate Social Responsibility

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 05 May 2022
Maastricht University, Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance and Maastricht University
Downloads 124 (375,237)
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Cross-border ownership, Institutional ownership, Corporate social responsibility, Shareholder resolutions, Legal origins

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Insider Ownership, Governance Mechanisms, and Corporate Bond Pricing Around the World

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Aug 2019
Maastricht University, Maastricht University - European Centre for Corporate EngagementMaastricht University - Department of Finance and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Corporate Bonds, Insider Ownership, Tunnelling

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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

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Misdeeds Matter: Long-Term Stock Price Performance after the Filing of Class-Action Lawsuits

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 66, No. 6, 2010
Posted: 09 Dec 2010
Rob Bauer and Robin Braun
Maastricht University and Maastricht University

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Standards, Ethics, and Regulation (SER), Ethical Practices and Guidelines, Corporate Governance, Insider Trading. Performance Measurement and Evaluation, Performance Attribution, Equity Investments