• openAccess   Cost and performance of carbon risk in socially responsible mutual funds 

      Matallín Sáez, Juan Carlos; Soler-Dominguez, Amparo AIMS Press (2023)
      Investors and other financial actors are attracted by the role of socially responsible (SR) mutual funds in the transition to a low-carbon economy. In response to the demand for more information, Morningstar reported the ...
    • openAccess   Ethical strategy focus and mutual fund management: Performance and persistence 

      Matallín Sáez, Juan Carlos; Soler-Dominguez, Amparo; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili; de Mingo-López, Diego Víctor Elsevier (2019-03)
      The aim of this study is to analyze whether managers, practitioners and individual investors could obtain higher risk-adjusted returns by allocating their investments to funds that integrate specific levels of socially ...
    • closedAccess   Lights and shadows on sustainability rating scoring 

      Rivera-Lirio, Juana M.; Muñoz-Torres, María Jesus; Escrig-Olmedo, Elena; Fernandez-Izquierdo, Maria Angeles Springer (2014)
      Many organizations currently publish sustainability ratings that quantify the sustainability of firms by aggregating scores. These organizations analyze companies in economic, social, environmental and corporate governance ...
    • openAccess   Microfinance Institutions Fostering Sustainable Development by Region 

      García Pérez, Icíar; Fernandez-Izquierdo, Maria Angeles; Muñoz-Torres, María Jesus MDPI (2020)
      In the last few years, considerable attention has been paid to microfinance as a relevant participant in the formal financial system, whose target audience is people who are otherwise at risk of financial exclusion. In ...
    • openAccess   Social Exclusion and Convergence in the EU: An Assessment of the Europe 2020 Strategy 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Marco Gual, Amparo; Monfort Bellido, Mercedes; Ordóñez, Javier MDPI (2020)
      Economic convergence has long been a declared objective of the EU and considered the fundamental mechanism for achieving socioeconomic cohesion. The recent economic crisis had an uneven impact across EU countries and brought ...