With the Paris Agreement of 2016, 189 nations signed a legally binding document to keep global warming below 2 C, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 C. It was recognized that this would reduce climate change impacts substantially. All signatories submitted "Intended...

Anteilsklassen bieten die Möglichkeit, die Rahmenbedingung von Anlagefonds in beschränktem Umfang an die Bedürfnisse verschiedener Anlegergruppen anzupassen. Fremdwährungs-Anteilsklassen unterscheiden sich dabei primär durch eine von der Rechnungswährung des Fonds abweichende Nennwährung....

This thesis contains three papers. Each paper addresses a distinct research question and is implemented on a separate dataset. The first paper concludes that daytime auctions, together with market opening and closing intervals, contribute to the periodicity of the cross-section of stock returns....

This dissertation consists of three essays on empirical asset pricing. In the first paper, we examine the impact of test criteria in identifying true asset pricing factors. We focus on the Sharpe ratio and pricing performance improvement. While both criteria are exposed to model...