Over the next decade, governments around the world will invest massively in new projects, aiming at closing the long-identified infrastructure gap, to sustain economic and social development, and to recover from recent adverse shocks. This paper examines this topic from two perspectives: (i) how...

This paper provides a comparative analysis of project finance (PF) and traditional corporate finance (CF) bond pricing. Using a cross-section of 47,196 bonds issued worldwide in the 1993-2020 period, we show that PF and CF bonds are differently priced, and although ratings are the most important...

This paper provides a comparative analysis of project finance (PF) and traditional corporate finance (CF) bond spreads and pricing. Using a cross-section of 47,196 bonds issued worldwide in the 1993-2020 period, we show that PF and CF bonds are differently priced, PF bonds have higher spreads...