Warwick Critical Finance

Study group based at @PAISWarwick of @warwickuni | Taking a critical approach to new & emerging trends in #finance | a space for #interdisciplinary engagement

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

Yours truly, Robin Jaspert & @johannes_petry have published a post in the Oxford Business Law Blog on:

"ESG Funds and the Question of Sustainability Impact"

@OxfordBLB @OxfordSBS @UniofOxford

https://t.co/IUutfHwsf8

[Giulia Mennillo @giulia_mennillo]

Call for papers for an upcoming #workshop on “The Politics of Global Finance: Actors, Structures and Ratings” at @APBTutzing in cooperation with @LenaRethel @PAISWarwick in honour of Timothy J. Sinclair’s legacy for the field. Submissions welcome 👇🏼

[Ronojoy Mazumdar @RonoMaz]

Your favorite acronym of the last few years has been under attack from Left and Right, but here's a hardnosed look at the numbers on what investments in ESG-tracking passive funds achieve. Great work by @fichtner_jan + @johannes_petry
https://t.co/ETdkcTQ9xx via @business

[Warwick Critical Finance @WarwickCFG]

Warwick Critical Finance member @johannes_petry and co-authors explore the not-so-sustainable nature of #ESG / #greenfinance

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

🚨 new paper out in @RegGov_journal with R. Jaspert & @johannes_petry on #ESG

Mind the ESG capital allocation gap: The role of index providers, standard-setting, and “green” indices for the creation of sustainability impact

https://t.co/ouPGFvmJ9m

A 🧵on the main arguments:

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

🚨 new paper out in @RegGov_journal with R. Jaspert & @johannes_petry on #ESG

Mind the ESG capital allocation gap: The role of index providers, standard-setting, and “green” indices for the creation of sustainability impact

https://t.co/ouPGFvmJ9m

A 🧵on the main arguments:

[Elham Saeidinezhad @elham_saeidi]

I want to introduce a project, Market Structure Blackbox, which I started with @jainfamilyinst and @phenomenalworld and walk you through its structure.
- What do we do? We look under the hood of the market structure. (1/x)

https://t.co/YN15N188o5

[DVPW Internationale Politische Ökonomie @dvpw_ipoe]

Two more days!

Join us on May 5, 2pm (CEST) for the 1st session of the summer term's @dvpw #IPE online research seminar.

@mbabic_1 discusses a paper by @claraweinhardt and @johannes_petry on #geoeconomics #China #trade and #finance.

Details ⬇️

[DVPW Internationale Politische Ökonomie @dvpw_ipoe]

Check out the line-up for our 2nd @dvpw #IPE Online Research Seminar 🥳
With papers/discussions on geoeconomics, foreign aid & critical macro finance by @claraweinhardt, @mbabic_1, @aviahuja93, @b_reinsberg, Mareike Beck (@KingsCollegeLon) & Robin Jaspert (@goetheuni) 🙂

[Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon]

International rating agencies tend to punish left-wing governments (even when these governments run fiscal surpluses). Partisan politics matters for sovereign ratings.

Evidence from an analysis of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch’s rating actions for 23 OECD countries:

[Global Political Economy Journal @GPEjournal]

@GPEjournal is a new journal for the discipline of #globalPoliticalEconomy, with an explicit intention of cross-disciplinarity, spanning international relations, sociology, #PoliSci & much more.
Learn more here https://t.co/rN6magek0s
#BritSoc23 #BSAWEEL

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

"Hundreds of funds are about to be stripped of their ESG ratings and thousands more will be downgraded in a shake-up being pushed through by index provider MSCI."

Why? Because there are still big "ESG gaps". Read our new working paper below:

https://t.co/FZV85ghUmb

[Daniel Mertens @DanMertens]

Next week is the submission date for our IPE working group online seminar. This summer term: one slot, one paper. Early stage papers or R&Rs, all welcome. German and English possible, see more details below.

[Asia Global Institute @AsiaGInstitute]

Asian financial players and their still developmental characteristics have to be considered to understand fully fundamental shifts in the global financial system, argue @johannes_petry of @goetheuni and @warwickuni and @fpape_ of @LSEnews https://t.co/Ssqchiwjix

[Review of International Political Economy @RIPEJournal]

Deadline for @RIPEjournal Special Issue proposal submissions is approaching - March 30, 2023. For more information visit RIPE homepage -> About this journal -> News & calls for papers at https://t.co/189LAPQrHD

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

💰🌿❓

There is also a policy brief based on our new working paper on "ESG gaps":

https://t.co/kGZhNxh61P

Bottom line: We need strong minimum standards for ESG funds to use forceful shareholder engagement (proxy voting and meetings) and/or sustainable capital allocation.

[Warwick Critical Finance @WarwickCFG]

Warwick Critical Finance‘s @johannes_petry & @fpape_ have a new paper out in @RIPEJournal on Asia‘s growing influence in the politics of global finance! 🙂

[Jan Fichtner @fichtner_jan]

New @diisdk working paper with @johannes_petry & Robin Jaspert on:

Mind the ESG gaps: transmission mechanisms and the governance of and by sustainable finance

https://t.co/KsK7Yh6BQX

Is it all #greenwashing or could #ESG have a sustainability impact?

🧵 with the key findings:

[Review of International Political Economy @RIPEJournal]

@RIPEjournal editors welcome proposals from ECRs for a virtual workshop on May 4th, 2023. Proposal deadline March 10. Additional information in the announcement 👇🏽

[DVPW Internationale Politische Ökonomie @dvpw_ipoe]

Nach einem spannenden und interessanten Auftakt geht das DVPW IPÖ Online Forschungsseminar im Mai 23 die 2. Runde!

After a successful and exciting first semester, our DVPW IPE online research seminar will be back in May 23!

Call for Papers ⏬ (Deadline: 31.03.23)

[Björn Bremer @bjoern_bremer]

📢Please help us spread the word: We're launching a Summer School for Women in Political Economy.

Hosted & funded by the @mpifg & organized in collaboration with the @dvpw Political Economy Section, we hope to address the underrepresentation of women in our field @womenalsoknow