Research Review: SRI, ESG and controversial investing

Ron Bird | Investment Management Research Program | 18 June 2019 | 1.00 CE

These three papers look at various aspects of socially responsible investing, ESG investing and investing in controversial stocks. The first paper finds that SRI mutual funds perform equally as well as conventional mutual funds, outperforming in recession periods and outperforming in expansionary periods. The second paper looks at various aspects of the performance of ESG investing, finding evi...