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SUMMARY:Journal of International Money and Finance Special Issue - Banks, ESG, and the Climate Transition: Exposure and Corporate Impact
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DESCRIPTION:CfP Deadline:
August 30, 2026
Journal:
Journal of International Money and Finance
Guest Editors: 
Sadok El Ghoul (University of Texas at El Paso)Omrane Guedhami (University
of South Carolina)K.G. Koedijk (Utrecht University, CEPR Fellow)Yukihiro
Yasuda (Hitotsubashi University)
Special issue information:
The global financial system is a dynamic network involving a wide range of
actors: regulators, financial institutions (banks and non-banks),
corporations, and stakeholders (investors, employees, depositors, NGOs, and
the public). Regulators set the rules. Depositors and investors provide
capital. Financial institutions intermediate capital and manage regulatory
and societal pressures. Corporations obtain financing and make investment
and other strategic decisions. And stakeholders exert reputational and
market discipline. The varied interactions increasingly shape corporate
behavior and financial stability. This is especially true during this era
of sustainability, where Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
considerations and climate transition plans have become central to the
functioning of the financial system.
Most existing research on ESG and climate is focused on non-financial
corporations. It explores the drivers and consequences of their ESG
information disclosures and practices, how they respond to regulatory
mandates, and what adjustments they make to stakeholder pressures. However,
there has been relatively little attention paid to banks. This omission is
significant, given banks’ dual roles as: 1) independent firms, with their
own ESG practices and climate exposures, and 2) financial intermediaries
that can broadly affect corporate behavior, including ESG practices,
through lending and monitoring.
This call for papers aims to fill this gap in the literature by exploring
ESG and climate issues, with particular emphasis on the roles of banks. We
specifically welcome submissions that provide new insights into banks’
interactions with regulators and stakeholders, as well as on how banks
influence, and are influenced by, corporations and markets. In pursuing
these topics, we encourage research that employs novel data, explores new
settings, and adopts an international perspective. A primary goal is to
help deepen our understanding of differences across institutional and
geographic settings. By focusing on banks, this call for papers also seeks
to advance our understanding of how financial intermediation affects
sustainability outcomes, and provide insights into policy, practices, and
future research.
Selected Paper Themes
Conference:
Interested authors will have an opportunity to present their work at the
Darla Moore School of Business—Hitotsubashi University Ninth
International Conference on Corporate Finance, scheduled for July 30-31,
2026, at Hitotsubashi University (2-1, Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan).
Acceptance to this conference does not guarantee publication in the Journal
of International Money and Finance. Authors submitting to this Journal of
International Money and Finance call for papers are NOT required to
participate in the conference. The two submission processes are fully
independent of each other.
Submission:
Submission Guidelines
Manuscripts must follow the submission guidelines and formatting
requirementsof the Journal of International Money and Finance. All
submissions will undergo a rigorous peer review process to ensure academic
quality and relevance. Final decisions are subject to approval by the
Managing Editor.
Important Dates
Conference Submission Deadline: February 15, 2026Conference Decision
Notification: March 31, 2026Conference Dates: July 30-31,
2026, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
Submissions to the Journal of International Money and Finance Special Issue
will open on January 1, 2026, and close on August 30, 2026.
Link(s):
Call for papers
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