This study analyzes the effect that banks' investments in corporate social responsibility (CSR) have on bank … performance. I find that banks' investments in CSR have a positive impact on financial performance, measured in terms of both … constituents value bank CSR activities. I find that CSR-related value creation is primarily a result of banks' external investments …

during the financial crisis as well as the recent developments of Italian banks, these results not only concern the US, but …

is the evolution of banks’ stock price exposure to country-level and global risk factors as approximated by equity … indices; second, which bank-specific characteristics explain these risk exposures; third, are there clusters of banks with … risk, specifically, has been steadily rising since 2008. Banks that are reliant on wholesale funding, have weaker capital …