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FV-89 Sustainable Finance and investor sentiment
Third-party funded project |
Project title |
FV-89 Sustainable Finance and investor sentiment |
Principal Investigator(s) |
Mahmoud, Ola
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Organisation / Research unit |
Departement Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Corporate Finance (Mahmoud) |
Department |
Departement Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
Project start |
01.01.2021 |
Probable end |
31.12.2021 |
Status |
Completed |
Abstract |
Investments in sustainable assets have grown at a rapid pace over the last decade. Theory partially attributes this increase to changes in investor taste for sustainability. We develop a novel and direct measure of market-wide aggregate investor sentiment for sustainability and present evidence that it has a significant impact on asset prices. Using microblogging data from a social media investing platform, we construct a daily index capturing investor taste for environmental-, social-, and governance issues. We find that (i) sustainability sentiment temporarily increases during market downturns; (ii) positive sentiment shocks drive prices of sustainable stocks above their fundamental value, which is corrected in the long run, whereas negative shocks predict long-term asset price decreases for sustainable stocks; and (iii) sentiment forecasts flows into sustainable mutual funds. |
Financed by |
Foundations and Associations
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