Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57726 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CFR Working Paper No. 07-13
Publisher: 
University of Cologne, Centre for Financial Research (CFR), Cologne
Abstract: 
We test the frequently made claim that SRI funds are conventional funds in disguise. For this purpose, we compare the portfolio holdings of SRI funds to conventional funds concerning their social and environmental standards. Our empirical study of US equity funds shows that SRI funds have a significantly higher ethical ranking than standard funds, i.e., they are not conventional funds in disguise. This result holds for all ethical criteria we investigate. It is stable over time and holds after controlling for several fund characteristics. Finally, we find no evidence that our result is generated by window dressing strategies of SRI funds.
Subjects: 
Socially Responsible Mutual Funds
Socially Responsible Investing
Ethical Investment
JEL: 
G11
G20
M14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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