This paper contributes both to investigating the link between the corporate social and financial
performance based on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) ratings …

Our research consolidates the actual environment of blockchain applications that contribute
in a certain way to climate protection. In view of the growing interest in climate change and …

This article empirically compares different rating approaches of corporate social performance
(CSP) using environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) scores of three …

… However, Dorfleitner et al. (2016a) estimate that approximately 12–14% of the crowdlending
loans on Smava and Auxmoney up to September 2013 were involved in difficulties as a result …

We examine the relation of soft factors that are derived from the description texts to the
probability of successful funding and to the default probability in peer-to-peer lending for two …

This paper investigates the diversification contribution of several commodities to a portfolio
of traditional assets from the perspective of a euro investor. The approach applied in our …

… value-weighted investing strategy does not show any significant over- or underperformance
and therefore confirms many of the previous literature findings (see Halbritter and Dorfleitner …

Currently there is not a universally accepted definition of the term “FinTech.” The following
section provides a brief survey of its use within existing scholarly literature. A definition is …

Purpose This paper aims to close gaps in the current literature according to whether there
are differences regarding the relationship between corporate social performance (CSP) and …

We investigate the asset pricing implications of the greenness of bonds. To estimate a green-pricing
effect, we determine the ‘green bond premium’ as the difference between the yields …