Call for Proposals: Initiative for Responsible Investment - The Societal Function of Investment Asset Classes: Implications for Responsible Investment

Submission Deadline: October 15, 2011
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The Initiative for Responsible Investment is soliciting proposals for academic papers on the relationship between the societal function of investment asset classes and the theory and practice of responsible investment. These papers will be presented at a conference at the Harvard Kennedy School on October 4, 2012.

The Conference: The Societal Function of Investment Asset Classes:
Implications for Responsible Investment

This conference will break new ground in the investment and economics fields by focusing attention on the relationship between the societal functions of asset classes and the theory and practice of responsible investment.

The conference will be held at the Harvard Kennedy School under the auspices of the Initiative for Responsible Investment on October 4, 2012.

It will feature presentation of the six academic papers, discussions of the historical evolutions of specific asset classes and their societal functions.

The conference will be open to the public.

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