Quantitative Corporate Finance is impressive in its treatments of corporate finance and risk
management. It uses the concept of the Markowitz risk and return, the basis of financial …

We find compelling evidence that integrating environment, social and governance (ESG)
analyses into ongoing investment practices in Australia does not harm risk‐adjusted returns …

This article examines factor investing in the presence of an environment, social, and
governance (ESG) screening overlay. The authors find that virtually no degradation in …

Using long-standing models for expected returns of US equities, we show that firm
environmental ratings interact with those forecasted returns and produce excess returns …

In this research, we explore responsible investing in Canadian Universities. Interviews were
conducted with 31 universities that were identified as having endowments or pension …

This article considers whether the pervasive (and sometimes mandatory) adoption of ESG
standards for equity investors has resulted in distorting the efficient price-setting function of …

Este trabajo explora la contribución de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC) sobre
el valor de las empresas que cotizan en las bolsas de valores de América Latina. Utilizando …

While institutional investors are increasingly paying attention to environmental, social, and
governance issues as part of their investment decision processes, indigenous rights have …

The previous chapter introduced the reader to Markowitz mean-variance analysis and the
Capital Asset Pricing Model. The cost of capital calculated in Chap. 10 assumes that the cost …

So long as a company is closely held, the control group and the stockholders are identical,
and seldom is there a conflict of interest between them. However, once a company goes …