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The power of ethical investment in the context of political uncertainty
Taylor & Francis (2019-10-31)In this paper we analyse a set of socially responsible investment (SRI) indices against their conventional counterparts in the US context. Using a data set that spans the Obama and Trump administrations, we aim to identify ... -
The Risk - Return Trade - off in Europe: Is There a Pro - cyclical Risk Aversion ?
Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest (2012)This paper analyzes the risk-return trade-off in European equities considering both temporal and cross-sectional dimensions. We introduce not only the market portfolio but also 15 industry portfolios comprising the entire ...
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The Risk-Return Trade-Off in Emerging Markets
M.E. Sharpe (2012-12)This paper studies the risk-return trade-off in some of the main emerging stock markets in the world. Although previous studies on emerging markets were not able to show a positive and significant trade-off, favorable ...
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The Role of CEO Power on CSR Reporting: The Moderating Effect of Linking CEO Compensation to Shareholder Return
MDPI (2021)The aim of this research was to provide further evidence of the impact of the power of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure. Additionally, we explore the moderating role of ...
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The role of human and social board capital in driving CSR reporting
Elsevier (2018)The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of the professional, technical and relational background (human and social capital) of outside directors on promoting firm CSR disclosure. Following the Hillman et al. ...
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The role of passive effects in the relationship between active management and short-term performance: Evidence from mutual fund portfolio holdings
Elsevier (2024)This study proposes a new method to measure active management in a given quarter based on the correlation between fund returns and the returns of a passively-managed synthetic portfolio emulating fund portfolio holdings. ...
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The role of representatives of dominant shareholders with the sustainable development through corporate social responsibility matters
Wiley (2018)In this paper, we analyse the effect that directors representing controlling shareholders have on corporate social responsibility (CSR) matters since these investors are the core shareholders in civil law countries, given ...
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The time-varying risk–return trade-off and its explanatory and predictive factors
Elsevier (2023)We analyze the intertemporal dimension of the risk–return trade-off and determine the drivers that better explain and predict its evolution. To this end, we propose a novel estimate of the relationship between return and ...
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Top executive pay in Spanish banking system
Cambridge University Press (2014-08)This study examines consistency between compensation systems and corporate performance. The main purpose is to analyse how the performance has affected the short-term executive pay in Spanish banking system during the ...
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Transitioning the agri-food system. Does closeness mean sustainability? how production and shipping strategies impact socially and environmentally. Comparing Spain, South Africa and U.S. citrus fruit productions
Taylor and Francis (2022)Agricultural techniques and orchard management play an important role in food production sustainability and there is an increasing number of research papers that focus on food cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment. In ...
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La transparencia en las administraciones locales españolas
Centro de Estudios Financieros (2016-06)This article draws on information published by the organisation "Transparency international-Spain (TI-Spain)" for the perios 2008-2014 to analyse levels of transparency in larger-Spanish local authorities. The results shows ...
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Using ePortfolios to Encourage Responsible Feedback
Laureate Education Inc (2015-09)This article aims to look at the value that ePortfolios can add to business studies, specifically in the financial field. In order to answer the question, Do ePortfolios contribute to the development and enhancement of ...
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Varieties of capitalism, corporate governance mechanisms, and stakeholder engagement: An overview of coordinated and liberal market economies
Wiley (2019)This paper examines those aspects of national institutions that affect corporate governance mechanisms at international level. The study uses the “varieties of capitalism” approach, which is concerned with the way companies ...
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What have we learnt about board gender diversity as a business strategy? The appointment of board subcommittees
Wiley (2018)This paper explores whether a board's gender diversity influences the voluntary formation of its board subcommittees. Female board directorship may become a business strategy for firms if it affects the appointment of board ...
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Which estimator to measure local governments’ costefficiency? The case of Spanish municipalities
Springer Verlag (2019)WeanalyseoverallcostefficiencyinSpanishlocalgovernmentsduringthecrisisperiod(2008–2015). To this end, we first consider some of the most popular nonparametricmethods to evaluate local government efficiency, data envelopment ...
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Why is timing perverse?
Taylor & Francis (2015)The existence of negative market timing, even for passive portfolios, poses a relevant puzzle when assessing portfolio management. In this paper, we develop a simple theoretical model so as to explain why such perverse ...
