1 Introduction -- 2 Optimality of Sustainable Investing Strategies -- 3 Effects of ESG Performance on Credit Spreads in … Japan -- 4 Credit Default Swaps and Corporate Carbon Emissions in Japan -- 5 Green House Gas Emission and Bank Lending in … against climate-related risk in the Asia-Pacific capital markets (e.g., corporate bond and credit default swaps); how lenders …

covered macroprudential policies and firm financing; household credit, growth and inequality; capital structure in emerging … Asia; foreign banks and credit conditions in emerging market economies; household credit and the effectiveness of monetary …