ESG Risks: A New Source of Risks for the Banking Sector
"The ambitious policy agenda in relation to sustainability requires a shifting mindset in the financial sector, in order to finance the transformation towards sustainability."
The paper delves into the intertwining of financial institutions and environmental concerns, particularly climate change and biodiversity loss. It introduces a dual framework based on 'impact' and 'ri
The paper explores optimal insurance contracts using decision makers' preferences, combining expected loss with a deviation measure like Gini coefficient or standard deviation. It reveals that using e
“I show that, during a normal economic period, rather than having a disciplining effect, disclosure leads to banks increasing risk taking, consistent with banks facing pressure to offset the costs of