Research

Research Interest

Sustainable Finance and Microfinance, Behavioral Finance, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Optimization

Publications and Working Papers

Meyer, Julia, 2024. Do sustainably managed pension savings foster sustainable investments? : evidence from a field experiment. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. 44(100976). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2024.100976.

Affolter, Beat; Ciarla, Elisa; Meyer, Julia; Sugandhita, Sugandhita, 2024. Signaling sustainability : differential reaction of the stock market following the announcement of sustainability-linked bonds. Finance Research Letters. 63(105261). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.105261

Bachmann, Kremena; Meyer, Julia; Krauss, Annette, 2024. Investment motives and performance expectations of impact investors. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. 42(100911). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2024.100911

Meyer, Julia, 2024. Willingness to take risks for sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Research Letters. 59(104796). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104796

Meyer, Julia; Stefan, Matthias; Peters, Sebastian, 2025. Perception of Sustainable Investing. SSRN. Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5503040.

Meyer, Julia; Affolter, Beat, 2023. Do sustainable companies receive more debt? : the role of sustainability profiles and sustainability-related debt instruments. SSRN. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4545549

Affolter, Beat; Meyer, Julia; Richter, Thomas; Röthlisberger, Patrick; Schweizer, Andreas, 2022. Nachhaltigkeit in der Kreditfinanzierung. Zürich: Swiss Sustainable Finance. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25418

Boos, Dominik; Meyer, Julia, 2025. Productive climate finance. SSRN. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5233154

Boos, Dominik; Tanner, Michaela; Meyer, Julia; Bittel, Andreas, 2024. Nachhaltigkeit in der Säule 3a. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29685

Meyer, Julia; Schüpbach, Luca-Maria; Utz, Sebastian, 2020: Capital-market effects of ESG scores: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment, SSRN No. 3683100.

Meyer, Julia, 2019: Outreach and performance of microfinance institutions: the importance of portfolio yield, Applied Economics, Volume 51, Issue 27, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1564016.

Krauss, Annette; Meyer, Julia, 2020: Measuring and aggregating social performance of microfinance investment vehicles, Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Volume 11, No. 2, https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-119031.

Hess, Kelly; Meyer, Julia, 2018: Swiss Investments for development: characteristics of a market with strong growth dynamics, in: Wendt, Karen: Sustainable Financial Innovation, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press.

Krauss, Annette; Krüger, Philipp; Meyer, Julia, 2016: Sustainable finance in Switzerland: Where do we stand? Zurich, SFI White Paper.

Meyer, Julia; Parashkevova, Marina, 2015: Swiss microfinance investments Report – A Review of the microfinance investment vehicles managed in Switzerland, Geneva/Zurich: Symbiotics SA and University of Zurich/CMF White Paper, November 2015.

Meyer, Julia, 2014: Investing in microfinance – An analysis of financial and social returns. Dissertation, https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-94351.

Krauss, Annette; Meyer, Julia; Pytkowska, Justyna, 2014: Summary report: The Level of indebtedness of MSME Credit clients and the quality of finance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Frankfurt/Main: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Development Facility.

Krauss, Annette; Lontzek, Laura; Meyer, Julia, 2012: Lack of access or crowded markets? Towards a better understanding of microfinance market penetration, Working Paper, University of Zurich / Center for Microfinance, SSRN No. 2587014.