Sustainable Finance Initiative: The role of financial markets for a sustainable development
The Sustainable Finance Initiative is closely linked to the research of the three Misum research platforms - Sustainable Business Development through Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Human Capital and Sustainable Development, and Accounting Frameworks - as they all relate to different facets of capital allocation for sustainable development. Examples of research questions that we study are:
1) Do financial markets effectively price long-term risks and rewards, such as those that are climate-related? Or do they exhibit a short-term bias? If so, how can more long-term perspectives in financial markets be stimulated?
2) How can we finance the transition towards a low-carbon and otherwise sustainable economy? What role can new financial instruments, such as green and social bonds, play?
3) Carbon taxes intend to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by increasing the price of fossil fuels and decreasing the demand for them. How effective are carbon taxes in reducing emissions? What are effective policy tools?
4) How do investors drive change in the corporate sector? How effective are different strategies for incorporating environmental and social factors in decision-making?
Researchers affiliated with the Initiative
Anders Anderson (Research Fellow and Senior Advisor to Swedish House of Finance and Associate Professor, Department of Finance, SSE)
Ramin Baghai (Associate Professor, Department of Finance, SSE)
Rachelle Belinga (Assistant Professor, Drew University)
Mustafa Bulut (Postdoc Fellow, Misum)
Emilia Cederberg (Affiliated Researcher, Department of Accounting, SSE)
Florian Eugster (Associate Professor, University of St. Gallen)
Michael Halling (Professor in Finance and Institutions, University of Luxembourg)
Gustav Martinsson (Associate Professor, Stockholm Business School at Stockholm University)
Diogo Mendes (Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, SSE)
Laszlo Sajtos (Visiting Researcher, Department of Finance, SSE)
Hanna Setterberg (Affiliated Researcher)
Jan Starmans (Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, SSE)
Per Strömberg (Professor, Department of Finance, SSE)
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Ajitha Duvvuri (Research Assistant)
AFFILIATED PHD STUDENTS
Antoine Gustin (Department of Finance)