Prof. Dr. Julia Meyer

Work at ZHAW

Position

Professor of Sustainable Finance

Focus

Sustainable Finance, Microfinance / Inclusive Finance

Professional development teaching

Seminar Impact Finance – Climate Transition

Network

Membership of networks

Swiss Sustainable Finance - Focus Group Impact Investing

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1140-9050

Projects

• Impact Assessment Framework for SME Lending / Team member / ongoing
• AI-enabled sustainable finance advisory / Co-project leader / completed
• 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

• Meyer, J. and Affolter, B. (2026) 'Sustainability profiles, capital structure, and the role of sustainable debt instruments', Finance Research Letters, 110(110493). doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2026.110493.
• Holderegger, A., Hecht, A. and 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), pp. 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). doi: 10.1016/j.jbef.2024.100976.
• Affolter, B. et al. (2024) 'Signaling sustainability : differential reaction of the stock market following the announcement of sustainability-linked bonds', Finance Research Letters, 63(105261). doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2024.105261.
• Bachmann, K., Meyer, J. and Krauss, A. (2024) 'Investment motives and performance expectations of impact investors', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 42(100911). doi: 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). doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2023.104796.
• Meyer, J. (2019) 'Outreach and performance of microfinance institutions : the importance of portfolio yield', Applied Economics, 51(27), pp. 2945–2962. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1564016.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Jordan, N. et al. (2023) 'The role of fintech in the field of sustainability and financing', in Walker, T. et al. (eds) Fintech and Sustainability. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 169–190. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-40647-8_9.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

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

Other publications

• Peters, S. M., Meyer, J. and Stefan, M. (2025) Perception of sustainable investing : a survey experiment among the general population and financial advisors. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.5503040.
• Boos, D. and Meyer, J. (2025) Productive climate finance. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.5233154.
• Boos, D. et al. (2024) Nachhaltigkeit in der Säule 3a. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-29685.
• Meyer, J. (2023) Spillover effects of sustainably managed pension savings : evidence from a field experiment. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4545550.
• Meyer, J. and Affolter, B. (2023) Do sustainable companies receive more debt? : the role of sustainability profiles and sustainability-related debt instruments. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4545549.
• Bachmann, K., Meyer, J. and Krauss, A. (2023) Investment motives and performance expectations of impact investors. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4402681.
• Affolter, B. et al. (2022) Nachhaltigkeit in der Kreditfinanzierung. Zürich: Swiss Sustainable Finance. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-25418.
• Mahmoud, O. and Meyer, J. (2021) Social responsibility in the time of uncertainty : a natural experiment. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3774995.
• Mahmoud, O. and Meyer, J. (2020) The anatomy of sustainability. SSRN.
• Meyer, J., Schüpbach, L. M. and Utz, S. (2020) Capital-market effects of ESG scores : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. SSRN. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3683100.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

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