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Get Real! Individuals Prefer More Sustainable Investments
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The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have created societal and political pressure for pension funds to address sustainable investing. We run two field surveys (n = 1,669, n = 3,186) with a pension fund that grants its members a real vote on its sustainable-investment policy. Two-thirds of participants are willing to expand the fund’s engagement with companies based on selected SDGs, even when they expect engagement to hurt financial performance. Support remains strong after the fund implements the choice. A key reason is participants’ strong social preferences.
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“We find broad consensus in the literature on the sustainability preferences of investors (Bauer et al., 2021;Ceccarelli et al., 2023;Heeb et al., 2023, among others).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bauer, R., Ruof, T., & Smeets, P.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Smeets, Paul
- Venue
- The Review of Financial Studies
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2021-04-19
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 3976-4043
- ISSN
- 0893-9454 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-7368
- OpenAlex
- W3155804760
- Cited by
- 552
- References
- 120
- Citations by year
- 2026: 90 · 2025: 118 · 2024: 120 · 2023: 99 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 35
- FWCI
- 64.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Review of Financial Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement
- Strong
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (016.Veni.175.019, 016.Veni, 451-16-005)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
- Keywords
- sustainable investment, pension funds, Sustainable Development Goals, shareholder engagement, social preferences, individual preferences, ESG investing
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