This paper establishes a new empirical fact: mutual funds' flow-performance sensitivity is a hump-shaped function of aggregate risk-factor realizations. Explanations based on extant theories can only explain a fraction of the pattern. We thus develop a new parsimonious model. It assumes Bayesian...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1. Debating ESG Financial Topics -- Chapter 2. Sustainability literature orientation: Evidence from finance academic research -- Chapter 3. First assessment of EU Taxonomy regulation for Italian banks -- Chapter 4. Sustainable finance: A Quest for Value from ICO...