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dc.contributor.authorHunt, Chelsie
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Olaf
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-20 19:56:42 (GMT)
dc.date.available2018-03-20 19:56:42 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2018-03-19
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/13043
dc.descriptionHunt, Chelsie & Weber, Olaf (accepted), Fossil fuel divestment strategies: Financial and carbon related consequences, Organization & Environment. Copyright © [2018] (SAGE Publications). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.en
dc.description.abstractFossil fuel divestment is discussed controversially with regard to its financial consequences and its effect on decarbonizing the economy. Theory and empirical studies suggest arguments for both, financial underperformance and outperformance of divestment. Therefore, our first research objective is to understand the financial effect of divestment. The second objective is to analyze the influence of divestment strategies on the carbon intensity of portfolios. Empirically, our analysis is based on the Canadian stock index TSX 260 for the time between 2011 and 2015. The results of the study suggest higher risk-adjusted returns and lower carbon intensity of the divestment strategies compared to the benchmark. We conclude that divestment is not only an ethical investment approach, but that it is able to address financial risks caused by climate change and, at the same time, is able to reduce the carbon exposure of investment portfolios.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSSHRCen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSageen
dc.subjectdivestmenten
dc.subjectfossil fuelsen
dc.subjectCanadaen
dc.subjectToronto Stock Exchangeen
dc.subjectclimatic changesen
dc.subjectcarbonen
dc.titleFossil fuel divestment strategies: Financial and carbon related consequencesen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHunt, C., & Weber, O. (2018). Fossil fuel divestment strategies: Financial and carbon related consequences. Organization & Environment.en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Environmenten
uws.contributor.affiliation2School of Environment, Enterprise and Developmenten
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen


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