Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic required vaccinations; however, ending it requires vaccination equality. The progress in … vaccinations varies greatly across countries, with low- and middle-income countries having much lower vaccination rates than … challenges and vaccine hesitancy. This paper quantifies the importance of various factors in driving vaccination rates across …

impact of the pandemic and boosted consumer spending. First, the vaccination deployment has a statistically and economically …

to provide issuers and other stakeholders with a comprehensive view of the ESG bond marketplace …

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 …

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 …

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 …