Are banks aware of climate change risks? To answer this question, we use daily data from the stock indices of global and G20 banks over the period from 03 January 2011 to 29 November 2019. We find that climate change risks impact banks’ stock market performance. However, banks’ responses...

Following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, the central banks from many advanced economies resorted to unconventional monetary policies including, the adoption of a negative interest rate policy, aimed at spurring economic recovery and growth. The effectiveness of this policy remains an ongoing...

Using panel dataset of 9,421 banks from 59 countries over the period 2009-2018 and Differences-in-Differences framework, this paper aims to assess the effects of negative interest rates on banks' risk-taking. We find that banks' risk-taking has been lower in countries where negative rates have...