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title: ESG Investments as Luxury
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4662146/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4662146
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4662146
featured: 2023-12-13
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# ESG Investments as Luxury

The article suggests that responsible investments are seen as luxury goods by investors, with unexpected wealth increasing the likelihood of investing in green stocks and responsible mutual funds.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4662146
- Identifier: SSRN 4662146
- Released: 2023-11-10
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 29 (2023-12-13): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-12-13/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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