Professor Bert Scholtens

Professor of Banking and Finance

Teaching 2012/2013

• MN5611 Alternative Investments: Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Socially Responsible Investment, Islamic Finance, Carbon Finance

Biography

Bert Scholtens is Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of St Andrews School of Management. He also holds the position of Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Bert Scholtens (1959) earned his Masters in Economics at the University of Groningen. After his graduation, he worked with the Postbank in Amsterdam. He defended his PhD on international financial intermediation at the University of Amsterdam in 1994. He became assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam before he was an associate professor at the University of Groningen. In 2004, he became a professor in Groningen. In 2012, he was appointed professor in St Andrews.

Bert Scholtens' research is directed at international financial intermediation and environmental finance and economics. He focuses on finance, responsible investment and energy and publishes in international academic journals. He currently teaches about portfolio management, corporate governance, and credit risk analysis and coaches both Bachelor and Masters students in completing their thesis. He also supervises several PhD students, both in Groningen and St Andrews.

Research expertise

Corporate Social Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing, Energy Finance, Financial institutions (banks, pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, etc.), International finance, Financial intermediation, Financial systems, Environmental economics.

Selected publications (2009 to present)

The drivers of responsible investment: The case of European pension funds
Scholtens, B. , Sievänen, R. & Rita, H. 2012 In : JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS.
DOI:10.1007/s10551-012-1514-0
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The relationship between the Renminbi future spot return and the forward discount rate
Zhao, Y. , de Haan, J. , Scholtens, B. & Yang, H. 2012 In : Journal of International Money and Finance. 32, p. 156-168.
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Does ownership type matter for corporate social responsibility?
Dam, L. & Scholtens, B. 2012 In : Corporate Governance: An International Review. 20, p. 233-252.
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Environmental and ecological economics in the 21st century: An age adjusted citation analysis of the influential articles, journals, authors and institutions
Hoepner, A. G. , Kant, B. , Scholtens, B. & Yu, P-S. 2012 In : Ecological Economics. 77, p. 193-206.
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Oil price shocks and European industries
Scholtens, B. & Yurtsever, C. 2012 In : Energy Economics. 34, p. 1187-1195.
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The curse of the haven: The impact of multinational enterprise on environmental regulation
Dam, L. & Scholtens, B. 2012 In : Ecological Economics. 78, p. 148-156.
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Assessing SRI fund performance research: Best practices in empirical analysis
Chegut, A. , Schenk, H. & Scholtens, B. 2011 In : Sustainable Development. 19, p. 77-94.
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Corporate social responsibility in the international insurance industry
Scholtens, B. 2011 In : Sustainable Development. 19, p. 143-156.
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Incentives for subcontractors to adopt CO2 emission reporting and reduction techniques
Kleinsmann, R. & Scholtens, B. 2011 In : Energy Policy. 39, p. 1877-1883.
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Stocks and energy shocks: The impact of energy accidents on stock market value
Boersen, A. & Scholtens, B. 2011 In : Energy. 36, p. 1698-1702.
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The sustainability of green funds
Scholtens, B. 2011 In : Natural Resources Forum. 35, p. 223-232.
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The impact of bank ownership concentration on impaired loans and capital adequacy
Shehzad, C. T. , de Haan, J. & Scholtens, B. Feb-2010 In : Journal of Banking & Finance. 34, 2, p. 399-408. 10 p.
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Does money grow on trees? The diversification properties of US timberland investments
Scholtens, B. & Spierdijk, L. 2010 In : Land Economics. 86, p. 514–529.
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The environmental performance of Dutch government bond funds
Scholtens, B. 2010 In : JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS. 92, S1, p. 117-130.
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Corporate social responsibility in the International Banking Industry
Scholtens, B. 2009 In : JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS. 86, p. 159-175.
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Scoring on the stock exchange? The effect of football matches on stock market returns: An event study
Peenstra, W. & Scholtens, B. 2009 In : Applied Economics. 41, p. 3231-3237.
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