Based on unique data from a representative computer-based survey among financial decision makers in Germany, this paper empirically examines the determinants of socially responsible investments (SRI). Our econometric analysis implies that the perceived financial performance of SRI matters for...

Forschungsstand und Satus Quo des deutschen WI-Marktes -- Anlegerpräferenzen, -erwartungen und -hemmnisse für WI -- Verhaltensanomalien und Behavioral Biases bei WI-Anlegern -- Overconfidence, Overoptimism und der Hindsight Bias -- Home Bias und Klumpenrisiken -- Mental Accounting.

This paper employs numerical simulations of the Park and Sabourian (2011) herd model to derive new theory-based predictions for how information risk and market stress influence aggregate herding intensity. We test these predictions empirically using a comprehensive data set of highfrequency and...

In this paper we study the effect of institutional reform on the decision to hold risky assets at the extensive and the intensive margin. We therefore make use of the natural experiment of German Division and Reunification and, based on savings bank customer data from German savings banks, study...