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Global Bank Lending under Climate Policy

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  • Asli Demirguc-Kunt

    (Center for Global Development)

  • Alvaro Pedraza

    (World Bank)

  • Fredy Pulga

    (Universidad de la Sabana)

  • Claudia Ruiz-Ortega

    (World Bank)

Abstract

What is the response of bank foreign subsidiaries to climate policy in their host countries? We find that global banks with high environmental performance increase their presence in countries after local authorities strengthen their climate-related actions. Through their foreign subsidiaries, these banks expand their credit by 4.6 percent following an increase in one-standard deviation of the host country climate policy index. Importantly, we do not find evidence that banks with low environmental scores exit in response to climate initiatives. Our findings show that strengthening climate policy might be a win-win strategy for policymakers—in addition to addressing carbon emission reduction, climate-related initiatives also appear to attract foreign capital from lenders with strong preferences for green assets.

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  • Asli Demirguc-Kunt & Alvaro Pedraza & Fredy Pulga & Claudia Ruiz-Ortega, 2023. "Global Bank Lending under Climate Policy," Working Papers 631, Center for Global Development.
    • Handle: RePEc:cgd:wpaper:631
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    1. Miguel, Faruk & Pedraza, Alvaro & Ruiz-Ortega, Claudia, 2024. "Climate-change regulations: Bank lending and real effects," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    2. Fourné, Marius & Li, Xiang, 2025. "Climate policy and international capital reallocation," IWH Discussion Papers 20/2024, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2025.
    3. Cull,Robert J. & Gill,Indermit S. & Pedraza Morales,Alvaro Enrique & Ruiz Ortega,Claudia & Zeni,Federica, 2024. "Mobilizing Private Capital for the Sustainable Development Goals," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10838, The World Bank.
    4. Juan Cortina & Claudio Raddatz & Sergio Schmukler & Tomas Williams, 2025. "Green versus Conventional Corporate Debt: From Issuances to Emissions," Working Papers 2025-012, The George Washington University, The Center for Economic Research.

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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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