This article analyzes the financial performance and managerial abilities of a sample of US and European socially responsible (SR) mutual funds. The period analyzed commences from January 1994 and concludes in January 2013 and yields 18 US and 89 European green funds. The results obtained for...

This paper represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first attempt to bring together all of the biases affecting traditional timing models that have been identified in the literature. These biases are the cause of spurious coefficients and our aim is to propose certain corrective measures....

This paper investigates whether profit-seeking and values-driven investor decisions have an impact on the timing ability of socially responsible mutual fund managers. Surprisingly, we find evidence of successful market timing skill for positively screened mutual fund managers who fulfill the...

The aim of this study is to provide the sovereign bond fund investor with a guide to finding the most profitable and sustainable investment strategy. For this purpose, a Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index is applied to a sample of 48 funds.We have conducted a best-in-class analysis, and...