Journal Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2026

  • Johner, A., & Ongena, S. (2026). From Crisis to War: Cyclical Systemic Risk and Bank Profitability in Ukraine Scottish Journal of Political Economy, e70057. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.70057
  • Cozarenco, A., & Ongena, S. (2025). Social and Environmental Financial Services: Where Do We Stand? Journal of Financial Services Research, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10693-025-00461-1
  • Antoniou, F., Delis, M. D., Ongena, S., & Tsoumas, C. (2026). Pollution Permits and Financing Costs Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 58, 637–679. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.13241
  • Özlem Dursun-de Neef, H., Ongena, S., & Schandlbauer, A. (2025). Monetary Policy, Held-to-Maturity Securities, and Uninsured Deposit Withdrawals European Accounting Review, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2025.2478164
  • Bobiceanu, A. M., Nistor, S., & Ongena, S. (2026). Banks’ stock market reaction to prudential policy announcements: The role of central bank independence and financial stability sentiment Journal of Financial Stability, 83, 101512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2026.101512
  • Karagiorgis, A., Anastasiou, D., Drakos, K., & Ongena, S. (2026). The leverage of hedge funds and the risk of their prime brokers Journal of Financial Stability, 82, 101498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2025.101498
  • Wang, F., Silaghi, F., Ongena, S., & García-Cestona, M. (2026). ESG Ratings, ESG News Sentiment, and Firm Credit Risk Perception Financial Analysts Journal, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/0015198x.2025.2591731
  • Bu, D., Keloharju, M., Liao, Y., & Ongena, S. (2026). Can Lending Hierarchies Balance Bias? The Role of Personal Environmental Values in Credit to Green Firms Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022109025102561

• 2025

  • Ongena, S., Pinoli, S., Rossi, P., & Scopelliti, A. (2025). Bank Lending and Market-Based Finance for Corporations: The Effects of Minibond Issuances for Unlisted Firms Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022109025102548
  • Anastasiou, D., Kapopoulos, T., Ongena, S., & Sakkas, A. (2025). Geopolitical Risk and Domestic Bank Deposits Financial Management, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1111/fima.70023
  • Akyildirim, E., Corbet, S., Ongena, S., & Staunton, D. (2025). Understanding reputational risks: The impact of ESG events on European banks Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 105, 102225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2025.102225
  • Mamatzakis, E. C., & Ongena, S. (2025). Paying your debt makes you happy: insights during the COVID-19 period Journal of Economic Studies, 52, 1338–1351. https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-06-2024-0379
  • Albertazzi, U., Bottero, M., Gambacorta, L., & Ongena, S. (2025). Asymmetric information and the securitization of SME loans European Economic Review, 177, 105053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2025.105053
  • Delis, M., Fringuellotti, F., Iosifidi, M., & Ongena, S. (2025). Credit and entrepreneurs’ income Journal of Financial Intermediation, 63, 101161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2025.101161
  • Delis, M. D., Galariotis, E., Iosifidi, M., & Ongena, S. (2025). Corporate taxes and entrepreneurs’ income: A credit channel. Journal of Corporate Finance, 93, 102805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2025.102805
  • Bednarek, P., Briukhova, O., Ongena, S., & Von Westernhagen, N. (2025). Effects of bank capital requirements on lending by banks and non-bank financial institutions Journal of Financial Intermediation, 63, 101167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2025.101167
  • Newton, D. P., Ongena, S., Xie, R., & Zhao, B. (2025). Leveraged loans: is high leverage risk priced in? International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 15, 120–138. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbaaf.2025.146550
  • Delis, F., Delis, M. D., Laeven, L., & Ongena, S. (2025). Global evidence on profit shifting within firms and across time Journal of Accounting and Economics, 79, 101744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2024.101744
  • Gündüz, Y., Ongena, S., Tümer-Alkan, G., & Yu, Y. (2025). CDS and credit: The effect of the bangs on credit insurance, lending and hedging Journal of Empirical Finance, 81, 101583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2025.101583
  • Petropoulou, A., Pappas, V., Ongena, S., Gounopoulos, D., & Fairchild, R. (2025). The performance of FDIC-identified community banks Journal of Financial Stability, 77, 101394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2025.101394
  • Huynh, L. D. T., Hoang, K., & Ongena, S. (2025). The impact of foreign sanctions on firm performance in Russia The British Accounting Review, 101586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101586
  • Andrieş, A. M., Ongena, S., & Sprincean, N. (2025). Sectoral Credit Allocation and Systemic Risk Journal of Financial Stability, 76, 101363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2024.101363
  • Berger, A. N., Nistor, S., Ongena, S., & Tsyplakov, S. (2025). Catch, Restrict, and Release: The Real Story of Bank Bailouts Review of Corporate Finance Studies, cfaf001. https://doi.org/10.1093/rcfs/cfaf001
  • Fatouh, M., Giansante, S., & Ongena, S. (2025). Quantitative easing and the functioning of the gilt repo market The European Journal of Finance, 31, 31–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847x.2024.2383641
  • Ongena, S., Saffar, W., Sun, Y., & Wei, L. (2025). Movables as collateral and corporate credit: Loan-level evidence from legal reforms across Europe Journal of Banking and Finance, 170, 107331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2024.107331
  • Huynh, L. D. T., & Ongena, S. (2025). Introduction to JEBO special issue on wars, economic sanctions, economic behaviors, and institutions Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 229, 106860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106860

• 2024

  • Haq, M., Ongena, S., Pu, J., & Tan, E. K. M. (2024). Do banks engage in earnings management? The role of dividends and institutional factors Journal of Banking and Finance, 168, 107287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2024.107287
  • Doerr, S., Kabaş, G., & Ongena, S. (2024). Population Aging and Bank Risk-Taking Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 59, 3037–3061. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022109023001011
  • Qi, S., De Haas, R., Ongena, S., Straetmans, S., & Vadasz, T. (2024). Move a little closer? Information sharing and the spatial clustering of bank branches Review of Finance, 28, 1881–1918. https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfae021
  • Durrani, A., Ongena, S., & Ponte Marques, A. (2024). Decoding market reactions: The certification role of EU-wide stress tests Economic Modelling, 139, 106828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106828
  • Kara, A., Ongena, S., & Yildiz, Y. (2024). Does being a responsible bank pay off? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Financial Stability, 74, 101317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2024.101317
  • Newton, D. P., Ongena, S., Xie, R., & Zhao, B. (2024). Firm ESG reputation risk and debt choice European Financial Management, 30, 2071–2094. https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12468
  • Delis, M. D., de Greiff, K., Iosifidi, M., & Ongena, S. (2024). Being stranded with fossil fuel reserves? Climate policy risk and the pricing of bank loans Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, 33, 239–265. https://doi.org/10.1111/fmii.12189
  • Danisewicz, P., & Ongena, S. (2024). Fiscal transfers, local government, and entrepreneurship Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 43, 818–845. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22532
  • Basten, C., & Ongena, S. (2024). Mortgage lending through a fintech web platform. The roles of competition, diversification, and automation Journal of Banking and Finance, 163, 107194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2024.107194
  • Mamatzakis, E., Ongena, S., Patel, P. C., & Tsionas, M. (2024). A Bayesian policy learning model of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions Applied Economics, 56, 2990–3010. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2023.2203462
  • Abedifar, P., Kashizadeh, S. J., & Ongena, S. (2024). Flood, farms and credit: The role of branch banking in the era of climate change Journal of Corporate Finance, 85, 102544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2024.102544
  • Moreno, A., Ongena, S., Ventula Veghazy, A., & Wagner, A. F. (2024). “Long GFC”? The global financial crisis, health care, and COVID‐19 deaths Economic Inquiry, 62, 865–891. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13194
  • Ongena, S. (2024). Which banks for green growth? A review and a tentative research agenda Journal of Sustainable Finance and Accounting, 1, 100001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josfa.2024.100001
  • Gropp, R., Mosk, T., Ongena, S., Simac, I., & Wix, C. (2024). Supranational Rules, National Discretion: Increasing versus Inflating Regulatory Bank Capital? Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 59, 830–862. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002210902300025X
  • Gandré, P., Mariathasan, M., Merrouche, O., & Ongena, S. (2024). Unintended Consequences of the Global Derivatives Market Reform Journal of the European Economic Association, jvae010. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvae010
  • Fatouh, M., Giansante, S., & Ongena, S. (2024). Leverage ratio, risk-based capital requirements, and risk-taking in the United Kingdom Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, 33, 31–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/fmii.12185
  • Andrieş, A. M., Chiper, A. M., Ongena, S., & Sprincean, N. (2024). External wealth of nations and systemic risk Journal of Financial Stability, 70, 101192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2023.101192
  • Keil, J., & Ongena, S. (2024). The demise of branch banking - Technology, consolidation, bank fragility Journal of Banking and Finance, 158, 107038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2023.107038
  • Albertazzi, U., Fringuellotti, F., & Ongena, S. (2024). Fixed rate versus adjustable rate mortgages: Evidence from euro area banks European Economic Review, 161, 104643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104643

• 2023

  • De Haas, R., Lu, L., & Ongena, S. (2023). Close competitors? Bilateral bank competition and spatial variation in firms’ access to credit Journal of Economic Geography, 23, 1237–1271. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbad020
  • Ongena, S., Paraschiv, F., & Reite, E. J. (2023). Counteroffers and Price Discrimination in Mortgage Lending Journal of Empirical Finance, 74, 101431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2023.101431
  • Mamatzakis, E., Ongena, S., & Tsionas, M. G. (2023). Why do households repay their debt in UK during the COVID-19 crisis? Journal of Economic Studies, 50, 1789–1823. https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-10-2022-0540
  • Böhnke, V., Ongena, S., Paraschiv, F., & Reite, E. J. (2023). Back to the roots of internal credit risk models: Does risk explain why banks’ risk-weighted asset levels converge over time? Journal of Banking and Finance, 156, 106992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2023.106992
  • Nistor, S., & Ongena, S. (2023). The Impact of Policy Interventions on Systemic Risk across Banks Journal of Financial Services Research, 64, 155–206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10693-023-00404-8

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