A reassessment of the European SRI Funds "underperformance": does the intensity of extra-financial negative screening matter?

Social responsible investment is surging in all industrial countries, despite the conventional wisdom that the inclusion of extra-financial criteria in the stock selection process should arm the financial performance of these funds. As a consequence, many papers have attempted to measure the financial performance of SRI funds and compared it to the performance of conventional funds with similar characteristics. According to this literature, we use a traditional CAPM model that allows for time-varying volatility to compare the risk-adjusted returns of several portfolios of SRI funds with differences in the intensity of extra-financial negative screening. Our key result shows that both alpha and beta are negatively correlated to the intensity of negative screenings. Thus, it appears that the risk-adjusted returns of SRI funds significantly differ from the returns of conventional funds if this latter criterion is taken into account.Socially responsible investment, International asset pricing, volatility

The Friedman's and Mishkin's Hypotheses (Re)Considered

This paper o¤ers to investigate both the Friedman's and Mishkin's hypotheses on the consequences of inflation on output growth. To this end, we first base these hypotheses in a unified framework. Second, in an empirical work based on OECD countries, we distinguish between short-medium and long run and between headline and core inflation. We get two main results. First, nominal uncertainty and inflation are positively linked. Second, headline inflation negatively Granger causes out- put gap (US, Japan, France) but has no effect on potential output growth (US excepted) whereas core inflation impacts potential output growth (UK, Germany) but not output gap (US excepted).Inflation, uncertainty, output growth, GARCH, CF filter

The Friedman's and Mishkin's Hypotheses (Re)Considered

Working PaperThis paper o¤ers to investigate both the Friedman's and Mishkin's hypotheses on the consequences of inflation on output growth. To this end, we first base these hypotheses in a unified framework. Second, in an empirical work based on OECD countries, we distinguish between short-medium and long run and between headline and core inflation. We get two main results. First, nominal uncertainty and inflation are positively linked. Second, headline inflation negatively Granger causes out- put gap (US, Japan, France) but has no effect on potential output growth (US excepted) whereas core inflation impacts potential output growth (UK, Germany) but not output gap (US excepted)

Money and uncertainty in the Philippines: A Friedmanite Perspective

This paper aims to provide a unified theoretical framework of the two hypotheses proposed by Friedman: (i). increased variability of money supply results in the decline of income velocity of money and (ii) high inflation leads high variability of inflation which reduces potential output growth. This paper also provides empirical investigation to validate Friedman's hypotheses using Philippine data. The Philippine economy experienced persistently higher and more variable inflation rate and weaker macroeconomic performance relative to other Asian countries, and these characteristics provide ample opportunity to evaluate Friedman's proposals at work. Utilizing original methodologies (e.g. band‐pass filter), our findings validate both proposals.Friedman, GARCH, T‐GARCH, Bai‐and‐Perron technique, band pass filter

An assessment of variances and covariances of European SRI funds returns : does the intensity of extra-financial negative screening matter?

Social responsible investment is surging in all industrial countries, despite the conventional wisdom that the inclusion of extra-financial criteria in the stock selection process should arm the financial performance of these funds. As a consequence, many papers have attempted to measure the financial performance of SRI funds and compared it to the performance of conventional funds with similar characteristics. According to this literature, we use a traditional CAPM model that allows for time-varying volatility to compare the risk-adjusted returns of several portfolios of SRI funds with differences in the intensity of extra-financial negative screening. Our key result shows that both alpha and beta are negatively correlated to the intensity of negative screenings. Thus, it appears that the risk-adjusted returns of SRI funds significantly differ from the returns of conventional funds if this latter criterion is taken into account.

The indicators of international financial integration: A set of convergent measures (In French)

In this article, we propose to evaluate the robustness of the main indicators of international financial integration by indicating their principal results as well as their limits. Empirical studies, whatever the indicator of integration which is chosen, conclude that the recent period is characterized by a very deep integration of capital markets, without any historical equivalence.Integration, capital market, financial history

What does the Feldstein-Horioka coefficient with panel data really measure? A theoretical approach with the case of a monetary area.

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Hétérogénéité de la relation épargne-investissement : un indicateurd'intégration économique ? Une application au cas européen.

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How Financial Networks become Vulnerable to Crises: a Global and Historical Perspective

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Quelle démocratie européenne ?

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