Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/289140 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Asset Management [ISSN:] 1479-179X [Volume:] 21 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Palgrave Macmillan UK [Place:] London [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 13-31
Publisher: 
Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
Abstract: 
We analyze an emerging sustainable trend in asset management: the decarbonization of institutional portfolios. By using broad institutional ownership data, we show that investors exhibit herding behavior in the sense of decarbonization. They are inclined to follow their own or other investors’ buys in green stocks and sales in brown stocks over adjacent quarters. Beyond that, we find that Hedge Funds as well as Investment Advisors lead the herd by executing trades in the sense of decarbonization. This is in line with expectations that sophisticated investors, who integrate environmental aspects into their investment decision process, are able to attract imitators. For the aspired achievement of market-wide decarbonization, investors leading the herd should be encouraged to further decarbonize their portfolios in order to trigger follow-up trades.
Subjects: 
Decarbonization
Institutional investors
Herding
JEL: 
G11
G15
G23
M14
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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