We offer early evidence on the impact of negative interest rate policy (NIRP) banks’ risk-taking. Our primary result shows banks in NIRP-adopter countries reduce holdings risky assets by around 10 percentage points following implementation NIRP comparison to non-adopter countries. augment this identifying NIRP’s other aspects risk-taking behaviour; is associated with reductions loan growth and ...

Some studies indicate that noise sensitivity is explained by negative affect, a dispositional tendency to negatively evaluate situations and the self. Individuals high in such traits may report a greater sensitivity to other sensory stimuli, such as smell, bright light and pain. However, research investigating the relationship between noise sensitivity and sensitivity to stimuli associated with...