Gambacorta, Leonardo; Polizzi, Salvatore; Reghezza, Alessio - 2023
environmental risks, tend to lend less to more polluting firms. Conversely, banks that express a positive tone, indicating lower … concern and awareness of environmental risks, tend to lend more to polluting firms. These findings highlight the importance of … increasing awareness of environmental risks, so that banks perceive them as a critical and urgent pressing threat, leading to a …