Do banks fuel climate change?
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Yn: Journal of Financial Stability, Cyfrol 62, 101049, 10.2022.
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T1 - Do banks fuel climate change?
AU - Altunbas, Yener
AU - Reghezza, Alessio
AU - Marques-Ibanez, David
AU - Rodríguez d’Acri, Costanza
AU - Spaggiari, Martina
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Do climate-oriented regulatory policies affect the flow of credit towards polluting firms? We match loan-level data to firm-level greenhouse gas emissions to assess the impact of the Paris Agreement. We find that, following this agreement, European banks reallocated credit away from polluting firms in relative terms. Specifically, euro area banks’ loan share to more polluting firms decreased by about 3 percentage points compared to less polluting (or “green”) firms after the 2015 Paris Agreement (COP21). This result is stronger for banks that are well capitalized, have lower credit quality, and are less profitable.
AB - Do climate-oriented regulatory policies affect the flow of credit towards polluting firms? We match loan-level data to firm-level greenhouse gas emissions to assess the impact of the Paris Agreement. We find that, following this agreement, European banks reallocated credit away from polluting firms in relative terms. Specifically, euro area banks’ loan share to more polluting firms decreased by about 3 percentage points compared to less polluting (or “green”) firms after the 2015 Paris Agreement (COP21). This result is stronger for banks that are well capitalized, have lower credit quality, and are less profitable.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jfs.2022.101049
DO - 10.1016/j.jfs.2022.101049
M3 - Article
VL - 62
JO - Journal of Financial Stability
JF - Journal of Financial Stability
SN - 1572-3089
M1 - 101049
ER -