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Title: Sustainable Investing in Equilibrium

Author(s): Lubos Pástor, Robert F. Stambaugh and Lucian Taylor

Publication Date: December 2019

Keyword(s): ESG, social impact, Socially responsible investing and sustainable investing

Programme Area(s): Financial Economics

Abstract: We model investing that considers environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. In equilibrium, green assets have low expected returns because investors enjoy holding them and because green assets hedge climate risk. Green assets nevertheless outperform when positive shocks hit the ESG factor, which captures shifts in customers' tastes for green products and investors' tastes for green holdings. The ESG factor and the market portfolio price assets in a two-factor model. The ESG investment industry is largest when investors' ESG preferences differ most. Sustainable investing produces positive social impact by making firms greener and by shifting real investment toward green firms.

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Pástor, L, Stambaugh, R and Taylor, L. 2019. 'Sustainable Investing in Equilibrium'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14171