It has been frequently argued that surges in capital inflows are a major cause of credit booms
and banking crises in emerging market economies. This view suggests that there is little …

One popular method of niche investing has been the emer-gence of socially responsible
investing (SRI), a strategy where investors construct portfolios of firms that do not engage in the …

In this article, I use an EGARCH model to investigate whether a portfolio of sin stocks is less
resistant to downside risk or losses during market downturns than is the S&P 500, a …

This article examines the return characteristics of a portfolio of US'vice stocks', firms that
manufacture and sell socially irresponsible products such as alcohol, tobacco, gaming services …

This article examines the risk and returns characteristics of a portfolio of US “sin stocks,” firms
that manufacture and sell socially irresponsible products such as alcohol, tobacco, gaming …

Do countries learn from their mistakes? Here we consider one example of this question with
respect to banking crises using the concept of effective learning, that is, learning plus the …

This paper examines the risk and return characteristics of the Vice Fund, a mutual fund that
invests in socially" irresponsible" corporations that partake in the sales of alcohol, tobacco …

… This dissertation has been duly read, reviewed, and critiqued by the Committee listed below,
which hereby approves the manuscript of Greg M. Richey as fulfilling the scope and quality …

This paper provides empirical evidence of the impact that financial liberalization plays,
within various exchange rate regimes, on the likelihood of systemic banking crisis. Using a …

Numerous models and simulations exist for characterizing and predicting wildland fire
behavior. The US Forest Service (USFS) and other organizations have devoted decades of …