Andreas G. F. Hoepner

Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin

Full Professor of Operational Risk, Banking & Finance

Blackrock, Co. Dublin

Ireland

European Commission's Platform on Sustainable Finance

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Scholarly Papers (80)

1.

ESG Shareholder Engagement and Downside Risk

AFA 2018 paper, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 671/2020, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 23-77
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2023
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Reading - ICMA Centre, University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance and University of Oxford-Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
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ESG, Shareholder Activism, Downside Risk, Corporate Governance, Climate Change

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Islamic Mutual Funds’ Financial Performance and International Investment Style: Evidence from 20 Countries

European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2010
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Hussain Gulzar Rammal and Michael Rezec
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Adelaide - Business School and Sociovestix Labs - a DFKI spin-off
Downloads 2,934 (7,396)
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fund manager learning, home bias, Islamic finance, Islamic mutual funds, responsible investment, three level Carhart model

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Corporate Social Responsibility Across Industries: When Can Who Do Well by Doing Good?

Forthcoming in ESG Investing and Analysis: A Practitioner’s Guide
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2023
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Pei-Shan Yu
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University College Dublin (UCD)
Downloads 2,227 (11,452)
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Corporate Environmental Performance, Corporate Financial Performance, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Environmental Economics, Environmental Management, Industry Effects, Responsible Investment, SRI, Stock Market, Sustainable Development

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Research on 'Responsible Investment': An Influential Literature Analysis Comprising a Rating, Characterisation, Categorisation and Investigation

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 14 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2009
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and David G. McMillan
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University of Stirling
Downloads 2,094 (12,650)
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citation analysis, diversification, ethical investment, literature review, socially responsible investment, research methods, research synthesis

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Investment Portfolio Diversification

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 May 2010 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2017
Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
Downloads 1,759 (16,595)
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corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, diversification, environmental management, ethical investing, idiosyncratic risk, responsible investment

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Does Pension Funds' Fiduciary Duty Prohibit the Integration of Environmental Responsibility Criteria in Investment Processes?: A Realistic Prudent Investment Test

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2017
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Michael Rezec and K. S. Siegl
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Sociovestix Labs - a DFKI spin-off and Åbo Akademi University
Downloads 1,211 (29,147)
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corporate environmental responsibility, environmental management, ESG investment, fiduciary duty, institutional investors, non-financial criteria, pension funds, responsible investment, socially responsible investing

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Greenwatch-shing: Using AI to Detect Greenwashing

AccountancyPlus - CPA Ireland, 2020
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 09 Jul 2020
Theodor Cojoianu, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Georgiana Ifrim and Yanan Lin
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University College Dublin (UCD) and UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Downloads 1,142 (31,863)
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greenwashing, machine learning, artificial intelligence

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Social, Environmental, Ethical and Trust (SEET) Issues in Banking: An Overview

RESEARCH HANDBOOK FOR BANKING AND GOVERNANCE, J.R. Barth, C. Lin and C. Wihlborg, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2010
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and John O. S. Wilson
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University of St. Andrews
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Banking, Climate Change, Crisis, Environmental Performance, Ethics, Financial Performance, Trust, Social Performance, Risk

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A Categorisation of the Responsible Investment Literature

Bibliography, United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Academic Network
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2009
Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
Downloads 905 (44,006)
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business ethics, corporate social responsibility, environmental economics, ethical investment, responsible investment, socially responsible investment

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Fiduciary Duty and Sin Stocks: Is Vice Really Nice?

Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty, 2014
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2015
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Stefan Zeume
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Downloads 903 (44,152)
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Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Performance, Socially Responsible Investment

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Capital Market Reactions to ESG Materiality Classifications

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2022
Theresa Spandel, Frank Schiemann and Andreas G. F. Hoepner
University of Hamburg - Faculty of Business, Economics, and Social Sciences, University of Bamberg and Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
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Accounting standards, ESG, materiality, SASB, event study

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The ‘Price of Sin’ Aversion: Ivory Tower Illusion or Real Investable Alpha?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Sep 2015
Hampus Adamsson and Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Sociovestix Labs - a DFKI spin-off and Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
Downloads 799 (52,313)
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Does the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Impact New Oil & Gas Fundraising?

Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Geography
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 May 2019 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2020
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh Business School, Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University of Oxford, St. Peter's College
Downloads 758 (56,027)
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fossil fuel divestment, oil and gas finance, environmental policies, environmental finance

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Private Market Impact Investing Firms: Ownership Structure and Investment Style

Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 21-12
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2022
Theodor Cojoianu, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Yanan Lin
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Downloads 746 (57,248)

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impact investment, private equity, sustainable finance

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Bank green lending and credit risk: an empirical analysis of China's Green Credit Policy

Business Strategy and the Environment
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2022
Xiaoyan Zhou, Ben Caldecott, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Yao Wang
University of Oxford-Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)
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Green loan, Credit risk, China green credit policy, Environmental policy

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Bondholders’ returns and stakeholder interests: When are they aligned?

Forthcoming in Review of Quantitative Finance & Accounting. Previously circulated as Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 20-13
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 31 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 09 May 2022
Maretno A. Harjoto, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Marcus Nilsson
Pepperdine University - Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (PGBS), Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Sociovestix Labs - a DFKI spin-off
Downloads 620 (72,758)
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Bond portfolio returns; fixed claimants; stakeholder; CSR concerns and controversies; CSR strengths.

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SRI Funds: Does More Social Mean Less Financial Performance?

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2016
Christoph F. Biehl and Andreas G. F. Hoepner
University of Reading - Henley Business School and Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
Downloads 615 (73,513)
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Financial Data Science for Responsible Investors

Forthcoming 10-4-10 Anniversary Book, Environmental Agency Pension Fund, Bristol, UK
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Aug 2016
Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
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Beyond Climate: The Impact of Biodiversity, Water, and Pollution on the CDS Term Structure

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 23-10, Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 23-4
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2023
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Johannes Klausmann, Markus Leippold and Jordy Rillaerts
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, University of Zurich and University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance
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Double materiality, EU Taxonomy, infrastructure, term structure.

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Fin vs. Tech: How Does New Knowledge Creation and Lack of Trust in Financial Services Incumbents Influence the Emergence and Financing of Fintech Start-Ups?

Forthcoming in Small Business Economics
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2020
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Oxford - School of Geography and Environment and University of Oxford, St. Peter's College
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fintech, financial technologies, entrepreneurship, knowledge spillovers, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, insurtech

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A Stakeholder Resource-based View of Corporate Social Irresponsibility: Evidence from China

Harjoto, M.A., Hoepner, A.G.F. and Li, Q. (2022) “A stakeholder resource-based view of corporate social irresponsibility: Evidence from China,” Journal of Business Research, 144, pp. 830–843. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.02.025.
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2023
Maretno A. Harjoto, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Qian (Jan) Li
Pepperdine University - Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (PGBS), Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
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Corporate social irresponsibility; stakeholder resource-based view; stakeholder salience; corporate wrongdoing; shareholder returns

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Neural Networks and Value at Risk

Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 20-7
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2023
University of Kaiserslautern - Sociovestix Labs - a DFKI spin-off, University of St. Gallen - Institute of Computer Science, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Deutsche Factoring Bank GmbH & Co. KG and Talanx AG - HDI Global SE
Downloads 473 (101,634)
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Asset Management, Downside Risk, Initialization, Loss Function, Machine Learning, Neural Networks

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Corporate Social Responsibility Culture and International M&As

Forthcoming, British Accounting Review. Previous version circulated as Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 21-9
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2021
George Alexandridis, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Zhenyi Huang and Ioannis Oikonomou
ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Cass Business School, City University of London and University of Reading - ICMA Centre
Downloads 468 (102,871)
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Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility; Synergy

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Science Based Targets Without Science Based Disclosure? Towards a Complete Carbon Data Science

CSEAR 2017 paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2017
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Pei-Shan Yu
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University College Dublin (UCD)
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carbon footprinting, corporate reporting, data science, double counting, precautionary principle

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Sources of Stakeholder Salience in the Responsible Investment Movement: Why Do Investors Sign the Principles for Responsible Investment?

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2020
Arleta Majoch, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Tessa Hebb
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Carleton Centre for Community Innovation
Downloads 410 (120,174)
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stakeholder salience theory, Principles for Responsible Investment, PRI, UNPRI, responsible investment, socially responsible investment, stakeholder theory

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Expertise among SRI fixed income funds and their management companies

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2017
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Marcus Nilsson
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Sociovestix Labs - a DFKI spin-off
Downloads 401 (123,257)

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bond mutual funds, environmental social and governance (ESG) engagement, environmental social and governance (ESG) expertise, fixed income, performance measurement, responsible investment

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EU Green Taxonomy Data – A First Vendor Survey

The Economists’ Voice
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2022
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Fabiola Schneider
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Dublin City University Business School
Downloads 399 (124,348)

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EU Green Taxonomy, Responsible Investment, ESG, European Commission Platform on Sustainable Finance

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Active Ownership and ESG Performance

Issues in Sustainability Accounting, Assurance and Reporting (eds. Jones, S. and Ratnatunga, J.) : 115-138. Bingley: Emerald. 2014
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2014
Arleta Majoch, E. Gifford and Andreas G. F. Hoepner
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University and Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
Downloads 375 (133,029)
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active ownership, ESG performance, responsible investment, investor engagement, ESG engagement, CFP, CSP, financial performance, Dell, Gap, labor standards, supply chain, Calvert, stakeholder salience

The Effects of Corporate and Country Sustainability Characteristics on the Cost of Debt: An International Investigation

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 14-100
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Dec 2014
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Ioannis Oikonomou, Bert Scholtens and Michael Schröder
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Reading - ICMA Centre, University of Groningen - Department of Finance & Accounting and ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research - International Finance and Financial Management
Downloads 259 (195,605)
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corporate social responsibility; CSR; CSP; sustainability; banking; financial contracts; culture

The Effects of Corporate and Country Sustainability Characteristics on the Cost of Debt: An International Investigation

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Dec 2014
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Ioannis Oikonomou, Bert Scholtens and Michael Schröder
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Reading - ICMA Centre, University of Groningen - Department of Finance & Accounting and ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research - International Finance and Financial Management
Downloads 94 (457,583)
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corporate social responsibility, CSR, CSP, sustainability, banking, financial contracts, culture

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Social, Environmental, and Trust Issues in Business and Finance

In Baker, H. K. and Nofsinger, J. (eds.) Socially Responsible Finance and Investing: 111-142. Hoboken: Wiley.
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2013
Christoph F. Biehl, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Jianghong Liu
University of Reading - Henley Business School, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance
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business history, corporate social responsibility, environmental management, responsible investment, trust

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Beyond Outreach: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions

Forthcoming in The Routledge Handbook of Responsible Investment
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2014
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Guan Huang and Hong Liu
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, ICMA Centre and Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics
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competition, corporate social performance (CSP), corporate social responsibility (CSR), outreach, microfinance, motivation, non-for-profit

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Tweeting about Sustainability: Can Emotional Nowcasting Discourage Greenwashing?

Forthcoming in Corporate Finance 8 (3&4)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2017
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Savio Dimatteo, Joé Schaul, Pei-Shan Yu and Mirco Musolesi
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, SAP SE, Wire Swiss GmbH, University College Dublin (UCD) and University College London
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Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Emotional Nowcasting, Greenwashing, Sustainable Development, Twitter

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Women on Boards and Corporate Social Irresponsibility: Evidence From a Granger Style Reverse Causality Minimisation Procedure

Forthcoming in European Journal of Finance, Previous version circulated as Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 20-4
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2020
Chris Godfrey, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Ming-Tsung Lin and Ser-Huang Poon
The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Sussex and Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Downloads 308 (164,448)
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corporate scandals, diversity, endogeneity, reverse causality, women on boards

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Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Portfolio Performance: A Cross-National Study

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2020
Maretno A. Harjoto, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Qian (Jan) Li
Pepperdine University - Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (PGBS), Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
Downloads 295 (172,101)
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Corporate Social Irresponsibility; Developed Markets; Emerging Markets; Reputation Risk; Portfolio Approach

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Liquidity and Market Efficiency in the World’s Largest Carbon Market

British Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2016
Gbenga Ibikunle, Andros Gregoriou, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Mark Rhodes
The University of Edinburgh, University of Brighton, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Hull University Business School (HUBS)
Downloads 290 (175,264)
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Liquidity, Order flow, Market efficiency, Return predictability, European Climate Exchange, EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS), Carbon futures, Climate change

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Do Mutual Fund Managers Have Asset Management Skills? Evidence from New Measures on Crisis Management and Directional Trading

Number of pages: 99 Posted: 10 Sep 2009
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Stefan Zeume
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Downloads 288 (176,540)
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crisis management, directional trading, manager skills, market timing, mutual funds

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Absolutely Sustainable Investing Across Asset Classes with Paris Aligned Benchmarks: An Application to AP2

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 May 2022
Andra AP-fonden, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Andra AP-fonden, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
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Paris Agreement, Climate Investing, Net Zero, Multi-Asset Investing, Absolutely Sustainable Investing, Climate Benchmarks

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In the Name of COVID-19: Is the ECB Fuelling the Climate Crisis?

Environ Resource Econ (2020)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2020
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, InfluenceMap, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, InfluenceMap, InfluenceMap and Dublin City University Business School
Downloads 271 (187,715)
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green economic recovery, climate finance, fossil fuels, green central banking

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Corporate Social Irresponsibility of African Firms Across the Continent: Does Leaving the Path of Social Responsibility Hurt Shareholder Value?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2021
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Qian (Jan) Li and Penelope Muzanenhamo
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 271 (187,715)
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Africa; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Corporate Social Irresponsibility (CSI); Portfolio Approach; Shareholder Value

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Corporate Carbon Disclosure: A Critical Review

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 May 2023
University of Edinburgh Business School, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Dublin City University Business School
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Carbon Reporting, Climate Change, Renewable Energy Instruments, Emission Disclosures, Stakeholder Engagement, Climate-Related Disclosures

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Fixed Income Asset Pricing in Europe and the US: Extending the Elton et al. (1995) Four-Factor Model

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2018
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Marcus Nilsson
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Sociovestix Labs - a DFKI spin-off
Downloads 261 (195,054)
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asset pricing, fixed income, financial data science

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The Impact of NGO Activism on Economics of Mutuality

Hoepner, A. G. F. and Li, Q. 2019. The Impact of NGO Activism on Economics of Mutuality. Forthcoming In: Mayer, C., Roche, B. Putting Purpose into Practice: The Economics of Mutuality. Oxford University Press
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Mar 2019
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Qian (Jan) Li
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
Downloads 260 (195,762)
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NGO Activism, Mutuality, Partnership

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Disclosure without Solution: First Evidence from Scope 3 Reporting in the Oil and Gas Sector

Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 22-13
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 May 2022 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2023
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Fabiola Schneider
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Dublin City University Business School
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Emission Reporting, Scope 3, Use of Product Emissions, Oil and Gas, Transition Risk, Signaling Theory

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Future Scenarios of Responsible Investment Processes Across Asset Classes: A Morphologic Analysis

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2009
Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
Downloads 253 (201,128)
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asset classes, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, environmental management, ethical investing, responsible investment, futuristic scenarios

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Responsible Investors and Company Standards: Follow the Money to Rate the Raters

Forthcoming in Deborah C. Poff and Alex C. Michalos (eds.)‚ Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics‘ Springer: Heidelberg
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Sep 2017
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Pei-Shan Yu
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University College Dublin (UCD)
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corporate capture, corporate social responsibility, information asymmetries, rating agencies

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Sovereign Debt and Sustainable Development Culture

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2013
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Agnes Neher
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University of Hohenheim
Downloads 219 (231,217)
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sovereign debt, sustainability culture indicators, government bond yield

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Abominable Greenhouse Gas Bookkeeping Casts Serious Doubts on Climate Intentions of Oil and Gas Companies

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 May 2023
Sergio García Vega, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Joeri Rogelj and Frank Schiemann
University College Dublin, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and University of Bamberg
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Oil & Gas, Carbon Disclosure Project

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Competition and Innovation in the Financial Sector: Evidence from the Rise of FinTech Start-Ups

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2022
Kansas State University - Department of Computer Science, Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, Kansas State University, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University College Dublin (UCD) and Trinity College (Dublin) - Department of Economics
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FinTech, patents, machine learning, financial incumbents, innovation

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Responsible Investing: Upside Potential and Downside Protection?

Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 22-9
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2023
Yumeng Gao, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Marcel Prokopczuk and Christoph Wuersig
Yale University, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and Leibniz Universität Hannover - Faculty of Economics and Management
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Responsible investment, ESG, implied volatility, upside potential, downside risk, options

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State Pension Funds and Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Beneficiaries’ Political Values influence Funds’ Investment Decisions?

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2019
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Lisa Schopohl
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 185 (269,604)
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Corporate social responsibility; CSR; fiduciary duty; political values; portfolio decisions; state pension funds; socially responsible investing

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Exit vs Voice vs Denial of (Re)Entry: Assessing Investor Impact Mechanisms on Corporate Climate Transition

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Aug 2022
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Fabiola Schneider
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Dublin City University Business School
Downloads 184 (270,884)

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Voice vs Exit, Engagement & Stewardship, Divestment, Investor Impact, Corporate Transition

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Claiming Legitimacy: Impact vs. ESG Investing

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Sep 2022
Theodor Cojoianu, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Yanan Lin and Fabiola Schneider
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and Dublin City University Business School
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Impact Investing, Legitimacy, Responsible Investment, ESG

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Sustainability Disclosure Channels and Firm Risk: Evidence from Initiated and Continued Social Disclosure between SEC-Filings, Sustainability Reports, and Financial Reports

Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 22-4
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2023
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Blerita Korca and Frank Schiemann
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Bamberg and University of Bamberg
Downloads 182 (273,435)

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Social disclosure, disclosure channels, SEC filings, regulatory disclosure, idiosyncratic risk

54.

Is Responsible Investment under-proportionally Researched?

Forthcoming in Handbook of Responsible Investment
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 26 May 2009 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2016
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, David G. McMillan and Michael Fraser
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Stirling and New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants
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bibliometrics, citation analysis, ethical investing, research policy, scientometrics

55.

The City Never Sleeps, But When Will Investment Banks Wake Up to the Climate Crisis?

Regional Studies (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2021
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Dublin City University Business School, University of Oxford, Queen's University Belfast - Queen's Management School and University of Oxford, St. Peter's College
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fossil fuel financial centres, fossil fuel divestment, green banking policies, brokerage

56.

Sentiment Analysis Methods: Survey and Evaluation

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Aug 2022
Yi Zhu, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Tony K. Moore and Andrew Urquhart
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and ICMA Centre, Henley Business School
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Sentiment Analysis, Lexicon-based Approach, Machine Learning, BERT

57.

Profiting from Principles? The Curious Case of Islamic Equity Indices

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 01 May 2017
Hampus Adamsson, Kais Bouslah and Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Sociovestix Labs - a DFKI spin-off, University of St Andrews and Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
Downloads 152 (318,865)
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Asset Pricing; Equity Indices; Islamic Finance; Ramadan; Risk-free Interest

58.

ESG Disclosure as Advertisement of Corporate Bond Issuances

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Jan 2023
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Bamberg, Dublin City University Business School and University of Hamburg - Faculty of Business, Economics, and Social Sciences
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ESG disclosure, signaling theory, cost of capital, refinancing risk, corporate bonds, voluntary disclosure

59.

Entrepreneurs for a Low Carbon World: how Environmental Knowledge and Policy Shape the Creation and Financing of Green Start-Ups

Forthcoming in Research Policy
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2020
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and University of Oxford, St. Peter's College
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environmental entrepreneurship, environmental policy, eco-innovation, knowledge spillover, fossil fuels, sustainable finance

60.

Financial Data Science: The Birth of a New Financial Research Paradigm Complementing Econometrics?

The European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 May 2020
University of Bristol - School of Economics, Finance and Management, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Stirling, Loughborough University and University of Liverpool Management School
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Big Data, Econometrics, Financial Data Science, Statistical Relevance, Statistical Significance Levels

61.

Are Proxy Advisory Firms Ignoring Quality of Accounting Failings at Carbon-Intensive Companies?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 May 2022
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Cormac Mc Kenna, Matthew McQuade and Fabiola Schneider
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University College Dublin (UCD) - UCD School of Business, University College Dublin (UCD) and Dublin City University Business School
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Proxy Voting, Audit, Climate Risk

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Does an asset owner’s institutional setting influence its decision to sign the Principles for Responsible Investment?

Forthcoming in Journal of Business Ethics
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 05 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Arleta Majoch and Xiaoyan Zhou
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and University of Oxford-Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
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Institutional Theory, Asset Owners, Pension Funds, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

63.

On the Price of Morals in Markets: An Empirical Study of the Swedish AP-Funds and the Norwegian Government Pension Fund

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 24 Aug 2016
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Lisa Schopohl
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading
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ESG, GPFG, AP-funds, exclusions, exclusionary screening, divestment, negative screening, norm-based exclusions, sector-based exclusions, SRI

64.

Does Gender Influence The Investment Strategy of Private Equity Firms? Evidence from Impact Investing

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Apr 2023
Theodor Cojoianu, Pia Helbing, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Xi Hu and Beiyun Xiao
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Harvard Law School and University of Edinburgh Business School
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venture capital; private equity; impact investing; gender

65.

Ethics and Banking: Do Banks Divest Their Kind?

Forthcoming in Journal of Business Ethics, Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 22-7
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 28 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2023
University College Dublin (UCD) - Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, Pepperdine University - Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (PGBS), Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University College Dublin (UCD) - Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business
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Divestment, Banks, Institutional Investors, Kant’s imperatives, Ethics, SRI

66.

Are Cities Venturing Green? A Global Analysis on the Impact of Green Entrepreneurship Urban Centres on Air Quality

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2022
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Harvard Law School, University of Reading - ICMA Centre, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and University of Oxford, St. Peter's College
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urban entrepreneurship, green entrepreneurship, air quality, impact investing.

67.

Significance, Relevance and Explainability in the Machine Learning Age: An Econometrics and Financial Data Science Perspective

Forthcoming, European Journal of Finance
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Dec 2020
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, David G. McMillan, Andrew Vivian and Chardin Wese Simen
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Stirling, Loughborough University and University of Liverpool Management School
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explainability, explainable artificial intelligence (xai), neural networks, relevance, regressions, significance

The Virtues of Impact Financing: Do Financial Institutions Benefit From Considering Environmental Impact in Financing Decisions?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023
Yumeng Gao and Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Yale University and Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
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Impact financing, corporate sustainability, environmental impact, stock performance, COVID-19, financial institutions

The Virtues of Impact Financing: Do Financial Institutions Benefit from Considering Environmental Impact in Financing Decisions?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Jul 2023
Yumeng Gao and Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Yale University and Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
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Impact financing, corporate sustainability, environmental impact, stock performance, COVID-19, financial institutions

69.

Does Good Human Resource Management Reduce the Cost of Financing During a Crisis?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2023
Yumeng Gao and Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Yale University and Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
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Strategic HRM, employee relations, economics of HRM, ROI, corporate bond, financing cost, COVID-19

70.

Do Shareholder Views Affect Corporate Political Activities?

Hoepner, A.G. and Lin, M.T., 2022. Do shareholder views affect corporate political activities?. International Review of Financial Analysis, 84, p.102310.
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Ming-Tsung Lin
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and University of Sussex
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Shareholder Proposals, Corporate Political Activities, Regression Discontinuity

71.

Efficacy of Non-Pharmacological Interventions Before COVID Mass Vaccination: An Open Data Study Across 185 Countries

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 23-17, 2023
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Mar 2023
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Bern - Bern University Hospital, University of Zurich, University of Sussex and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
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COVID-19, Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs), Effective Reproductive Rate

72.

On the Origin of Green Finance Policies

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 May 2023
Theodor Cojoianu, Declan French, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Lisa Sheenan and Anh Vu
Edinburgh Business School - The University of Edinburgh, Queen's University Management School, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast - Queen's Management School and Queen's University Belfast - Queen's Management School
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Sustainable Finance; Survival Analysis; Green Finance Policies; Fossil Fuel Divestment; Green Bonds

73.

Carbon Emissions, Carbon Disclosure and Organizational Performance

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Mar 2023
Yang Liu, Xiaoyan Zhou, Jessica Yang, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Nada Kakabadse
University of Reading-Henley Business School, University of Oxford-Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Reading - Henley Business School, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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carbon emissions, carbon disclosure, organizational performance, legitimacy theory

74.

An Adjusted ABS List (with 'plus' and 'minus' tendencies)

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 May 2011
Andreas G. F. Hoepner
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin
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75.

Do ESG Preferences survive in a Trading Room? An Experimental Study

Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper No. 23-7
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 19 Sep 2023
University of Hamburg, University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and University of Reading - ICMA Centre
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Competition, ESG perceptions, ESG behaviors, experimental finance, trading aggressiveness, socio-demographic characteristics

76.

Do ESG Preferences Survive in the Trading Room? An Experimental Study

Number of pages: 65
University of Hamburg, University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI), Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and University of Reading - ICMA Centre
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Competition, ESG perceptions, ESG behaviors, experimental finance, trading aggressiveness, socio-demographic characteristics

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Can't see the Forest for the Trees? Exploring Top Executive Gender Diversity among S&P 500 firms

Posted: 01 Apr 2019
University of Hamburg, Sociovestix Labs - a DFKI spin-off, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Sociovestix Labs

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Executive Gender Diversity, S&P 500, Women on Boards

78.

Climate Change and Asset Prices: Are Corporate Carbon Disclosure and Performance Priced Appropriately?

Forthcoming, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
Posted: 28 Jul 2016
Andrea Liesen, Frank Figge, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Dennis M. Patten
Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IOEW), ESCP Business School, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin and Illinois State University

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carbon disclosure, climate change, value relevance, disclosure quality, GHG emissions, market efficiency, stock performance

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Corporate Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Context of Stakeholder Pressures: An Empirical Analysis of Reporting Activity and Completeness

Forthcoming in Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
Posted: 10 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2014
Andrea Liesen, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Dennis M. Patten and Frank Figge
Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IOEW), Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Illinois State University and ESCP Business School

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Environmental disclosure, sustainability reporting, Greenhouse gas, climate change, legitimacy theory, stakeholder theory

80.

The Outreach Measurement Debate in Microfinance: Does Average Loan Size Relate to Client Poverty?

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2013
Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Hong Liu and Lucia Spaggiari
Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics and MicroFinanza Rating

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Average loan size, client poverty, depth of outreach, microfinance