“Glossy green” banks: the disconnect between environmental disclosures and lending activities
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Keywords
credit exposure; financial institutions; strategic disclosure; sustainability reporting; zombie lending;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
- G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BAN-2024-01-15 (Banking)
- NEP-EEC-2024-01-15 (European Economics)
- NEP-ENE-2024-01-15 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2024-01-15 (Environmental Economics)
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