This paper looks at the credit rating adjustments on Eurozone banks that followed the post-crisis regulation of bank resolution in Europe in 2014. The empirical assessment analyses within-bank variation using the credit ratings of the major Eurozone banks. The analysis shows that with the...

The in-house credit assessment systems (ICASs) developed by euro area national central banks (NCBs) are an important source of credit risk assessment within the Eurosystem collateral framework. They allow counterparties to mobilise as collateral the loans (credit claims) granted to non-financial...

Do female directors on banks' boards influence lending decisions toward less polluting firms? By using granular credit register data matched with information on firm-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensities, we isolate credit supply shifts and find that banks with more gender-diverse...