Prof. Dr. Julia Meyer

Work at ZHAW

Position

Professor of Sustainable Finance

Focus

Sustainable Finance, Microfinance / Inclusive Finance

Network

Membership of networks

Swiss Sustainable Finance - Focus Group Impact Investing

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1140-9050

Projects

• AI-enabled sustainable finance advisory / Co-project leader / ongoing
• Data-driven Stewardship Framework for Private Equity Investments / Project leader / completed
• Sustainability and financial preferences for investors / Project leader / completed
• Integration of sustainability assessment in SME financing / Team member / completed
• The Anatomy of Sustainability / Project leader / completed
• Implementation and development of a training course on sustianbility in lending / Deputy project leader / completed
• Sustainable Lending / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Holderegger, A., Hecht, A., & Meyer, J. (2025). (Nachhaltige) Finanzkompetenz bei Finanzexpertinnen und Finanzexperten : eine Studie zur Einordnung der Financial und Sustainable Finance Literacy von Finanzfachleuten in der Schweiz. Expert Focus, 2025(1), 74–78.
• Meyer, J. (2024). Do sustainably managed pension savings foster sustainable investments? : evidence from a field experiment. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 44(100976). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2024.100976
• Affolter, B., Ciarla, E., Meyer, J., & Sugandhita, S. (2024). Signaling sustainability : differential reaction of the stock market following the announcement of sustainability-linked bonds. Finance Research Letters, 63(105261). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.105261
• Bachmann, K., Meyer, J., & Krauss, A. (2024). Investment motives and performance expectations of impact investors. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 42(100911). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2024.100911
• Meyer, J. (2024). Willingness to take risks for sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Research Letters, 59(104796). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104796
• Meyer, J. (2019). Outreach and performance of microfinance institutions : the importance of portfolio yield. Applied Economics, 51(27), 2945–2962. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1564016

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Jordan, N., Röthlisberger, P., Meyer, J., & Affolter, B. (2023). The role of fintech in the field of sustainability and financing. In T. Walker, H. J. Turtle, M. Kooli, & E. Nikbakht (Eds.), Fintech and Sustainability (pp. 169–190). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40647-8_9

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Meyer, J., & Mahmoud, O. (2020). Sustainability in the time of uncertainty. Global Research Alliance for Sustainble Finance and Investment, 3rd Annual Conference, Columbia University, USA, 8-11 September 2020.

Other publications

• Boos, D., & Meyer, J. (2025). Productive climate finance. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5233154
• Boos, D., Tanner, M., Meyer, J., & Bittel, A. (2024). Nachhaltigkeit in der Säule 3a. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29685
• Meyer, J. (2023). Spillover effects of sustainably managed pension savings : evidence from a field experiment. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4545550
• Meyer, J., & Affolter, B. (2023). Do sustainable companies receive more debt? : the role of sustainability profiles and sustainability-related debt instruments. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4545549
• Bachmann, K., Meyer, J., & Krauss, A. (2023). Investment motives and performance expectations of impact investors. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4402681
• Affolter, B., Meyer, J., Richter, T., Röthlisberger, P., & Schweizer, A. (2022). Nachhaltigkeit in der Kreditfinanzierung. Swiss Sustainable Finance. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25418
• Mahmoud, O., & Meyer, J. (2021). Social responsibility in the time of uncertainty : a natural experiment. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3774995
• Meyer, J., Schüpbach, L. M., & Utz, S. (2020). Capital-market effects of ESG scores : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3683100
• Mahmoud, O., & Meyer, J. (2020). The anatomy of sustainability. SSRN.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Meyer, J., Stefan, M., & Peters, S. (2025, May 22). Perception of sustainable investing. LFIN Workshop in Behavioral Finance & Decision-Making, Mons, Belgium, 22 May 2025.
• Kaya, O., & Meyer, J. (2024, October 24). Determinants of late payments. 5th Annual Business Administration Conference: Current Issues in Business Management, Istanbul, Turkey, 24-25 October 2024.
• Meyer, J. (2022, October 6). Sustainable lending – where do we stand? SFI–SSF Conference How Finance Enables Positive Change, Zurich, Switzerland, 6 October 2022.
• Meyer, J., & Mahmoud, O. (2021). Social responsibility in the time of uncertainty : a natural experiment. Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics Annual Congress 2021, Online, 10-11 June 2021.
• Meyer, J. (2021). Social responsibility in the time of uncertainty : a natural experiment. Experimental Finance Conference 2021, Online, 16-18 June 2021.
• Meyer, J. (2020). Capital-market effects of ESG scores : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. Workshop Sustainable Finance 2020, Webinar, Universität Lichtenstein, 1. Oktober 2020.
• Meyer, J., & Mahmoud, O. (2020). The anatomy of sustainability. Virtual Academic Roundtable, Truvalue Labs, 26 October 2020.

Other publications

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 Volume 63, May 2024, 105261

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