Studies show the inconclusive results regarding the relation between corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSR and CER) and expected returns. We argue that the reason for these mixed results is that the sustainability premium (i.e., the return difference of high-intensity minus...

We propose a proxy for global equity mispricing (mispricing $R^2$) based on an instrumented principal component analysis of the return variation of 198 mispricing anomalies. We find that mispricing $R^2$ is higher for countries with lower market development, lower accounting quality, and higher...

This dissertation analyzes how asset performance relates to inflation based on 50 countries and 60 years of data. The three key findings are: a nonlinear behavior of bills, bonds, and equities against inflation, the demystification of listed infrastructure as inflation hedge, and, finally, a...