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to provide issuers and other stakeholders with a comprehensive view of the ESG bond marketplace …
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We analyze the corporate green bond market under a rational framework without an innate green preference, using a …, false or exaggerated claims of being green. The extent of greenwashing in the market is a function of the green bond premium …. A swift and gradual implementation of carbon pricing generates a small green bond premium and a low level of …
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In traditional bond markets, sovereign bonds provide benchmarks and serve as catalysts for the corporate bond market … development. Contrary to the usual sequence of bond market development, sovereign issuers are latecomers to sustainable bond … markets. Yet, our empirical study finds that sovereign green bond issuance can have quantitative and qualitative benefits for …
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Economies (EMDEs). This paper investigates the role of fiscal policies in determining domestic bond yields, and how this … deficits results in a persistent increase in 10-year domestic bond yield by around 36 basis points over 2.5 years, with larger … effects observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This contrasts with external bond spreads which are more sensitive to external …
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This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying...
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the existence of a credit channel of monetary policy. Shocks to corporate bond yields, equity prices, and real exchange …
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We present a framework that clarifies the financial role of the IMF, the rationale for conditionality, and the conditions under which IMF-induced moral hazard can arise. In the model, traditional conditionality commits country authorities to undertake crisis resolution efforts, facilitating the...
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Credit ratings have contributed to the current financial crisis. Proposals to regulate credit rating agencies focus on micro-prudential issues and aim at reducing conflicts of interest and increasing transparency and competition. In contrast, this paper argues that macro-prudential regulation is...
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We provide new firm-level evidence on the effects of capital account liberalization. Based on corporate foreign-currency credit ratings data and a novel capital account restrictions index, we find that capital controls can substantially limit access to, and raise the cost of, foreign currency...
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probability for a bond of becoming eligible for outright purchases. We show that after the launch of the policy, rating activity …
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