Bank lending cyclicality and ESG activities: Global evidence
(2023)
Journal Article
Abdelsalam, O., Azmi, W., Disli, M., & Kowsalya, V. (2023). Bank lending cyclicality and ESG activities: Global evidence. Finance Research Letters, 58(Part D), Article 104541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104541
This paper examines how banks' lending behavior is influenced by their ESG activities. To achieve this objective, we use a global sample of 277 banks for the period 2012–2019. We find that banks that engage in ESGs are less prone to procyclical lendi... Read More about Bank lending cyclicality and ESG activities: Global evidence.