observations to see if such a weighting scheme can offer improved ex ante performance over that based on unweighted data.  …

comparing the investment performance of “socially responsible” (SR) portfolios with others. Measures performance for a US sample … outperform those without. Calls for further research on the relationship between corporate social performance and portfolio … performance and comparisons between SR and conventional funds.  …

In this paper, we investigate whether better information about the macroeconomic environment of an economy has a … explicitly quantify information asymmetries by compliance with the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). For FDI, we …

hyperlinks between countries – as a novel proxy for cross-border information flows and cultural proximity more generally. Our … than for debt investment, highlighting the larger information sensitivity of equity investments, and is largest for …-used proxies for information asymmetries and cultural proximity. …

In this paper, we investigate whether better information about the macroeconomic environment of an economy has a … explicitly quantify information asymmetries by compliance with the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). For FDI, we …

In this paper, we investigate whether better information about the macroeconomic environment of an economy has a … explicitly quantify information asymmetries by compliance with the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). For FDI, we …