This research investigates the influence of methodological choices in portfolio sorts on the size of the carbon premium. By analyzing more than 100,000 methodological paths, we find that variations in the construction of brown-minus-green portfolios create substantial non-standard errors. From...

Previous studies show that individual investors play a dominant role in China's stock market. Their behavior of chasing-rise being stronger than killing-fall leads to asymmetry of feedback trading. Our article investigates how mutual funds react to this market force. Using China's stock and fund...

As European pension systems are struggling to provide financial security in retirement under the pressure of demographic change, poverty in old age disproportionally affects women. Given these developments, private investment is becoming ever more important to securing financial means after...