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48 results for financial sustainability

A new framework assesses financial and ESG risks for sustainable investing.

problem Measuring risk and reward in sustainable investing considering environmental, social, and governance factors.
method Proposes axiomatic definitions for ESG-coherent risk measures and reward-risk ratios based on bivariate random variables.
result Empirical analysis ranks stocks using the proposed measures.

FinTech negatively impacts Chinese banks' financial sustainability.

problem Impact of FinTech on financial sustainability of Chinese commercial banks.
method Three-stage network DEA-Malmquist model and two-way fixed effects model.
result FinTech primarily undermines financial sustainability by eroding loan efficiency and profitability.

Italy and the Eurozone are heading in the year 2012 into a financial depression of unprecedented magnitude, with a forthcoming multitude of often contradictory public economic and financial stability emergency interventions whose ultimate endogenous and exogenous effects on public and private health spending and on the…

2012-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes frameworks for integrating sustainability into investment decisions.

problem Understanding how ESG factors influence investment choices.
method Examined and analyzed various theoretical frameworks including Behavioral Finance, Modern Portfolio, and Risk Management.
result Investors increasingly integrate ESG factors to optimize financial outcomes and societal goals.

Proposes a Carbon Equivalence Principle for financial products to align incentives and drive sustainability.

problem Align financial market incentives with carbon emissions to limit global warming.
method Introduces a Carbon Equivalence Principle requiring financial products to describe equivalent carbon flows alongside cash flows.
result Transparency of carbon flows in financial products can align incentives and reduce future costs, necessitating project re-structuring and financial net-zero designs.

Proposes a mixed pension system combining PAYG and funded contributions to address sustainability.

problem Sustainability of public pension systems due to declining birth rates and increasing life expectancy.
method Combines a classical PAYG scheme with a funded investment scheme to ensure financial sustainability.
result Individuals contribute to a funded part, making them active participants in addressing demographic risks.

Study evaluates sustainability of European banks using a new model.

problem Lack of a framework to evaluate sustainability of banking business models.
method Delphi-Analytic Hierarchy Process method to develop and assess the model.
result Norwegian and German banks have higher sustainability of their business models.

Paper tackles ESG rating disagreement in sustainable investing portfolios.

problem Lack of alignment between ESG ratings from different agencies affects investment decisions.
method Proposes a nonlinear optimization model reformulated as a convex quadratic program to address ESG rating disagreement.
result The proposed model can effectively manage ESG rating disagreement and improve investment decisions.

Study on insurance risk management and sustainable development.

problem Lack of attention to non-climate change aspects of sustainable development in insurance.
method Analysis of recent developments and legislative initiatives in insurance risk management.
result Strategies for small- and medium-sized enterprises to manage sustainable development risks.

The paper introduces a new financial market for environmental indices to attract investors.

problem Inherent risks and sustainability concerns in environmental investments.
method Quantitative measures, econometric analysis, dynamic asset pricing tools, and financial options.
result Monetization and construction of country-specific environmental indices as dollar-denominated assets.

A new model selects low-carbon mutual funds considering ESG criteria, risk, and investor preferences.

problem Aligning financial investments with a low-carbon economy.
method Tri-criterion portfolio selection model using a preference-based multi-objective genetic algorithm (ev-MOGA).
result The model successfully incorporates carbon risk exposure and loss-adverse attitudes into portfolio construction.

Research shows eco-innovation boosts earnings management, especially in constrained firms.

problem The impact of eco-innovation on earnings management in firms with financial constraints.
method Multi-method approach including entropy balancing, PSM, and Heckman Test correction.
result Eco-innovation positively correlates with earnings management, especially in firms facing financial constraints.

The paper optimizes pension policies with guarantees and sustainability constraints.

problem Designing optimal pension policies with guarantees and sustainability constraints.
method Dynamic utility model, stochastic domain, overlapping generations, time-consistent decision criterion.
result Optimal investment/pension policy computed for a general framework.

Investigates optimal pension policies in PAYG systems with forward utility and ageing population.

problem Optimal investment and pension policies in PAYG systems with sustainability and adequacy constraints.
method Non-zero volatility forward CRRA utilities, closed-form optimal policies, detailed numerical analysis.
result Characterization of optimal policies and detailed impact analysis under various scenarios.

The study visualizes Spanish fish and meat processing companies using financial, environmental, and social ratios.

problem Mapping financial, environmental, and social performance of Spanish processing companies.
method Used compositional data and principal-component analysis biplot for statistical analysis.
result Identified clusters of companies with similar financial, environmental, and social performance.

AI helps assess nature-related financial risks for financial institutions.

problem Challenges in evaluating nature-related risks due to large data volume and complexity.
method Uses AI to address data gaps, uncertainty, and complex systems.
result Potential AI solutions for two use cases: beef supply and water utility.

A new approach for green investing in Indian markets considers environmental factors.

problem Identifying and managing climate risk in sustainable investing.
method Combining ESG ratings with modern portfolio theory and scenario analysis.
result The green portfolio performs better than market returns, highlighting the importance of climate risk.

Developed a cost and revenue model for HEMS to estimate breakeven transport volumes under different reimbursement and labor cost assumptions.

problem Estimating breakeven transport volumes for HEMS under varying reimbursement and labor cost assumptions.
method Developed a two-part model: cost framework and actuarial revenue model using healthcare encounter data and payer reimbursement rates.
result Estimated breakeven transport volumes under different reimbursement and labor cost assumptions.

Develops a framework to analyze financial structures.

problem Difficulty in systematic analysis, comparison, and verification of financial structures.
method Formalizes financial structures as structured allocation systems with explicit allocation operators.
result Specifies inputs, structural requirements, and feasibility restrictions for financial structures.

Investor and firm optimize sustainable investment and emission reduction through a dynamic game.

problem Optimal sustainable investment and emission reduction in a dynamic game setting.
method Formulated as a nonzero-sum dynamic game, solved via variational inequalities and verified in a diffusive setup.
result Nash equilibria show moving boundaries increasing with emission abatement, triggered by both investor and firm actions.

Paper introduces a new index to measure financial and workplace resilience of firms.

problem Corporate resilience and its types in turbulent markets.
method Quantitative analysis of earnings expectations and implied discount rates.
result Evidence of workplace resilience amplification by financial status in the COVID-19 era.

FinCast is a foundation model for financial time-series forecasting that outperforms existing methods.

problem Challenges in financial time-series forecasting due to temporal non-stationarity, multi-domain diversity, and varying temporal resolutions.
method FinCast is a foundation model specifically designed for financial time-series forecasting, trained on large-scale financial datasets.
result FinCast exhibits robust zero-shot performance, effectively capturing diverse patterns without domain-specific fine-tuning.

The study proposes a framework to assess sustainability of firms using fund-level classifications and portfolio holdings.

problem To capture market-based sustainability assessments of firms.
method Exploiting fund-level sustainability classifications and granular portfolio holdings to construct Market-Implied Sustainability (MIS) scores.
result MIS scores capture sustainability dimensions different from conventional ESG ratings and improve portfolio performance.

This article presents a theoretical model for a dynamic system based on sustainable development. Due to the relatively absence of theoretical studies and practical issues in the area of sustainable development, Romania aspires to the principles of sustainable development. Based on the concept as a process in which econ…

2011-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Companies and financial investors are paying increasing attention to social consciousness in developing their corporate strategies and making investment decisions to support a sustainable economy for the future. Public discussion on incidents and events -- controversies -- of companies can provide valuable insights on …

2019-08-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Corporate governance struggles to curb fraud in a globalized economy.

problem Lack of effective international regulations against corporate fraud.
method Analyzes historical economic crises and the role of corporate governance.
result Corporate governance is insufficient to prevent large business fraud.

An important result from psycholinguistics (Griffiths & Kalish, 2005) states that no language can be learned iteratively by rational agents in a self-sustaining manner. We show how to modify the learning process slightly in order to achieve self-sustainability. Our work is in two parts. First, we characterize iterated …

2016-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey of reinforcement learning for sustainable energy challenges.

problem Sequential decision-making challenges in sustainable energy.
method Reinforcement learning applied to energy production, storage, transmission, and consumption.
result Survey identifies various reinforcement learning themes and potential future directions.

It is suggested to consider long term trends of financial markets as a growth phenomenon. The question that is asked is what conditions are needed for a long term sustainable growth or contraction in a financial market? The paper discuss the role of traditional market players of long only mutual funds versus hedge fund…

2003-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimizes stock portfolios with profit, risk, and sustainability.

problem Balancing profit, risk, and sustainability in stock portfolio management.
method Developed a novel utility function combining Sharpe ratio and ESG scores; used genetic algorithm for optimization.
result System outperforms traditional reinforcement learning methods and improves on risk and sustainability metrics.

There are no solid arguments to sustain that digital currencies are the future of online payments or the disruptive technology that some of its former participants declared when used to face critiques. This paper aims to solve the cryptocurrency puzzle from a behavioral finance perspective by finding the parallelism be…

2018-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗