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Análisis comparativo de eficiencia de los fondos de inversión sociales españoles frente a los fondos de inversión tradicionales en el período 2000–2004

Comparative Analysis of Peformance of Spanish Social Investmen Fuds Against Conventional Mutual Funds in the Period 2000–2004

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Pages 181-197 | Received 25 Mar 2003, Accepted 12 Sep 2005, Published online: 15 Jan 2014
 

RESUMEN

El objetivo principal de este trabajo es contrastar si la decisión de inversión en fondos que incorporan en sus denominaciones factores no estrictamente financieros, tales como: éticos, sociales, ecológicos o verdes supone la aceptación de una menor eficiencia por parte del inversor, tanto en general como diferenciando para los distintos tipos de fondo y según sus sistemas de control, como indicador de la aparición de una nueva racionalidad social o sostenible en el inversor.

La metodología empleada consiste en la contrastación estadística de las diferencias de eficiencia entre los fondos de inversión tradicionales y los fondos de inversión sociales en España para el período 2000–2004 lo que obliga a una selección previa de los indicadores de eficiencia debido a las especiales condiciones del mercado con el fin de garantizar la coherencia de los indicadores.

Los resultados obtenidos sugieren que no existe una diferencia significativa de eficiencia entre los fondos sociales, con independencia del tipo y sistema de control que empleen, y los fondos tradicionales, dado que la diferencia obtenida en el periodo 2003–2004 se debe al efecto del tamaño, resultado que coincide con el obtenido por la mayoría de trabajos anteriores.

ABSTRACT

The main objective of this paper is to contrast if the decision of investors to invest in funds that do not consider just economic aspects of the investment but also social aspects, such as ethical, social, environmental and green funds, implies to accept a less financial performance, both in general and differentiating according to the different types of fund and the control systems, as an indicator of a change in the rationality of investors.

The methodology used in this research consists of contrasting statistically the differences of financial performance between traditional and socially responsible funds in Spain from the year 2000 to 2004. Due to special market conditions, it has been necessary to select suitable performance indices in order to guarantee their consistency.

The results of this paper are similar to the results of previous papers that there is not a significant difference of financial performance between social investment funds, independently of the type and the control system used, and traditional investment funds because the difference of performance found for the period 2003–2004 has been caused by a size effect.

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