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Emerging Risks: Concluding Remarks

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The contributions in this book provide evidence of the intensity and variety of changes in our ecological, societal, and technological environment and their implications for the financial sector. In addition to highlighting the potential opportunities and threats emerging risks bear for financial institutions and markets, the chapters outline the role the financial system can play in positively affecting its environment. They point to the reciprocal dependency of the different systems and the need to consider these interactions. In doing so, emerging risks appear to matter more than ever.

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    Hurricane Dorian particularly hit the Bahamas and is considered to be the most damaging cyclone the country has ever experienced, with winds reaching speeds of 320 km/hour (Caspani 2019).

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  1. Department of Banking, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Heidenheim, Germany

    Dieter Gramlich

  2. Department of Finance, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

    Thomas Walker

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  2. Department of Banking, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Heidenheim, Germany

    Dieter Gramlich

  3. Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

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  4. John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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Gramlich, D., Walker, T. (2020). Emerging Risks: Concluding Remarks. In: Walker, T., Gramlich, D., Bitar, M., Fardnia, P. (eds) Ecological, Societal, and Technological Risks and the Financial Sector. Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business In Association with Future Earth. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38858-4_18

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