Using the volatility spillover index method based on the quantile vector autoregression (QVAR) model, this paper systematically examines structural changes and corresponding spillover effects within 20 major stock markets under both extreme and normal market conditions, using data spanning from...

Lending corruption is an important agency problem for banks. Using data from the World Bank Business Environmental Survey, we find that in countries with more lending corruption, banks give more favorable loan terms to borrowers. This relation is stronger when firms are under more financing...

We examine whether and how lending banks around the world respond to borrowers' carbon emissions – the major contributors to global warming – in their lending decisions. We find that banks charge a higher loan spread and apply stricter non-price terms to borrowing firms with larger direct...