Using data for more than 800 college and university endowment funds over 2003-2011, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the spending policies used in practice as well as how frequently and why those mandates are revised over time. Given the long-term and relatively static nature of the...

Using data for more than 800 college and university endowment funds over 2003-2011, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the spending policies used in practice as well as how frequently and why those mandates are revised over time. Given the long-term and relatively static nature of the...

We find that socially responsible investment (SRI) policies are more common among the endowments of universities that face greater stakeholder pressure to adopt such policies and depend more on donations to fund operations. SRI policies result in cumulative abnormal donations of 6% of endowment...