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Do investors care about impact?

Date

Date

Date
2023
Journal Article
Published version

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Heeb, F., Kölbel, J. F., Paetzold, F., & Zeisberger, S. (2023). Do investors care about impact? Review of Financial Studies, 36(5), 1737–1787. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhac066

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

We assess how investors’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for sustainable investments responds to the social impact of those investments, using a framed field experiment. While investors have a substantial WTP for sustainable investments, they do not pay significantly more for more impact. This also holds for dedicated impact investors. When investors compare several sustainable investments, their WTP responds to relative, but not to absolute, levels of impact. Regardless of investments’ impact, investors experience positive emotions when cho

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Volume

Volume

Volume
36

Number

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Number
5

Page range/Item number

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1737

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Page end
1787

Item Type

Item Type

Item Type
Journal Article

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Keywords

Economics and econometrics, finance, accounting

Scope

Scope

Scope
Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

Language

Language

Language
English

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Publication date
2023-04-20

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Date available
2023-02-17

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ISSN or e-ISSN
0893-9454

OA Status

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Green

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merlin-id:23818

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577 since deposited on 2023-02-17
572last week
Acq. date: 2025-11-12

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172 since deposited on 2023-02-17
171last week
Acq. date: 2025-11-12

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Heeb, F., Kölbel, J. F., Paetzold, F., & Zeisberger, S. (2023). Do investors care about impact? Review of Financial Studies, 36(5), 1737–1787. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhac066

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