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We develop a two-sector incomplete markets integrated assessment model to analyze the effectiveness of green quantitative easing (QE) in complementing fiscal policies for climate change mitigation. We model green QE through an outstanding stock of private assets held by a monetary authority and...
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This paper explores how the need to transition to a low-carbon economy influences firm credit risk. It develops a novel … forward-looking emission reduction targets, thereby providing a rich picture of firms’ climate-related transition risk … firms’ credit risk: credit ratings and the market-implied distance-to-default. High emissions tend to be associated with …
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This paper develops a framework for the short-term modelling of market risk and shock propagation in the investment … in particular climate risk, with a first-of-its-kind dual view of transition and physical climate risk exposures at the … fund level. So far, while fund managers communicate more aggressively on their awareness of climate risk, it is still …
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We match firm-corporate governance characteristics with firm-level carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over the period 2009-2019 to study the relationship between gender diversity in the workplace and firm carbon emissions. We find that a 1 percentage point increase in the percentage of female...
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price on the European banking system. We assess this climate change transition risk through a banking sector contagion model …
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and high flooding risk and test for the “core lending channel” hypothesis, whereby lending to the real economy is a …
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In this paper we explore the cross-country implications of climate-related mitigation policies. Specifically, we set up a two-country, two-sector (brown vs green) DSGE model with negative production externalities stemming from carbon-dioxide emissions. We estimate the model using US and euro...
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Climate change and the public policies to arrest it are and will continue reshaping the global economy. This Discussion Paper draws on economic research to identify some key medium- and long-run economic implications of these developments. It explores implications for growth, innovation,...
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We study the relation between the structure of financial systems and carbon emissions in a large panel of countries and industries over the period 1990-2013. We find that for given levels of economic and financial development and environmental regulation, CO2 emissions per capita are lower in...
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This paper explores implications of climate change for fiscal policy by assessing the impact of large scale extreme weather events on changes in public budgets. We apply alternative measures for large scale extreme weather events and conclude that the budgetary impact of such events ranges...
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