In view of global environmental deterioration and climate change, researchers from multiple
fields of the behavioral sciences examine the determinants of pro-environmental behavior …

As key players in financial markets and the broader industry, financial professionals are
increasingly used as experimental research participants. We review over 50 studies …

This paper studies the effect of startups' ESG characteristics on venture capitalists'
investments by linking investors' behavior in an incentivized experiment to their real-world …

We conduct a novel experiment to compare how subjects form motivated beliefs in an
investor-client setup with varying degrees of liability. Although we do not detect the formation …

Efficiency of SRI portfolios is commonly assessed based on an inconclusive risk-return ratio.
We propose to approach the efficiency of portfolios with the notion of instability. Unstable …

Experimental finance methodology asks experimental participants to make decisions in the
context of finance, such as investment decisions, trading in markets, price forecasts or the …

We examine the impact of short-term meditation on prosocial investment amidst a financial
crisis, with 188 student subjects: 97 meditated for five consecutive days, while 91 listened to …

This report gives a short overview about objectives and insights of the Experimental
Sustainable Finance symposium at Radboud University in April 2024. The symposium …

Corporations are under pressure from their shareholders and stakeholders (clients,
regulators...) to consider in their decision making process their impacts on society at large …

Using both experimental and brokerage administrative data, we document a behavioral
pattern in which investors are more likely to engage in within-category rather than cross …