We study the effects on financial markets and real economic activity of changes in risk related to political events and policy announcements in Italy during the 2013-2019 period that saw the rise to power of populist parties. We focus on events that have implications for budgetary policy, debt...

Governments and corporations can take advantage of an improvement in sovereign credit ratings by promoting environmentally friendly regulations and infrastructure development to pursue economic growth sustainably or follow a “race to the bottom” approach. However, following a sustainable...

We study the macro-financial relevance of climate transition risks for sovereigns that can materialize as a result of the introduction of low-carbon policies in a trading partner country. We define this notion as climate transition spillover risk, and we apply it to the analysis of the...