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European banks are not immune to national elections

Fungáčová, Zuzana; Kerola, Eeva; Weill, Laurent - 2024

We investigate whether European banks adjust their loan prices and volumes of new lending in the months running up to major national elections. Using a unique dataset that draws on data covering some 250 banksin 19 Eurozone countries from 2010 to 2020 at monthly frequency, and that includes...

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Trade with Chinese characteristics - economics versus politics

Kerola, Eeva; McCully, Tuuli; Nuutilainen, Riikka - 2024

Over the past twenty years, China has become the world's largest trading nation and a significant trading partner for most countries. Despite these important links, concerns regarding China's commercial and diplomatic goals persist due to its unique state-centric economic structure. This paper...

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Banks vs. markets : are banks more effective in facilitating sustainability?

Newton, David P.; Ongena, Steven; Xie, Ru; Zhao, Binru - 2022

Is bank- versus market-based financing different in its attitudes towards Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG … bank monitoring and scrutiny. The Social and Governance components, in particular, matter. Furthermore, firms suffering … higher numbers of negative ESG reputation shocks are less likely to continue to rely on bank credit in response to lenders …

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Does experience of banking crises affect trust in banks?

Fungáčová, Zuzana; Kerola, Eeva; Weill, Laurent - 2019

This paper investigates how past experience with banking crises influences an individual's trust in banks. We combine data on banking crises for the period 1970-2014 with individual data on trust in banks for 52 countries. We find that experiencing a banking crisis diminishes a person's trust in...

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Does bank efficiency affect the bank lending channel in China?

Fungáčová, Zuzana; Kerola, Eeva; Weill, Laurent - 2021

This work examines the impact of bank efficiency on the bank lending channel in China. Using a sample of 175 Chinese … bank's efficiency. While bank efficiency does not exert an impact on the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission … expansion of shadow banking activities has been associated with a positive impact of bank efficiency on monetary policy …

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