The performance of social responsible investing from retail investors' perspective: international evidence

Guillermo Badía, Luis Ferruz and Maria Céu Cortez

International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2021, vol. 26, issue 4, 6074-6088

Abstract: This paper investigates the performance of socially responsible investment (SRI) portfolios compared to conventional investments. Adopting a retail investor's perspective, we provide evidence of SRI financial performance at the worldwide level as well as at the regional level, for five regions (North America, Europe except UK, UK, Pacific region and emerging markets). Our results show that the performance of global SRI portfolios is higher than conventional investments. Moreover, we observe differences in the financial performance of regional SRI portfolios in the overall period and, in particular, in bear markets. These results suggest that country‐specific factors may affect the relationship between corporate social and financial performance.

Date: 2021
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