We study the association between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) government risk management and firm-level IPO underpricing between 2008 and 2018. Examining 7,446 IPOs issued in 36 countries, we find that IPO underpricing tends to be lower in countries with higher ESG Government...

This paper examines the impact of sovereign credit rating change announcements on the CDS spreads of the event countries, and their spillover effects on other emerging economies' CDS premiums. In contrast to previous work, we find that positive events have a more consistent impact on sovereign...

This paper examines the impact of cross-border acquisition announcements on the U.S. bidders’ credit risk. On average, we find a significant increase in bidders’ rating-adjusted credit default swap (CDS) spreads around an acquisition announcement in an emerging market (EM), but no marked...

We examine the ability of country ESG ratings, which assess a country’s performance on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk factors, to predict future one-year and two-year exchange rate changes. To conduct the study, we used the annual MSCI ESG Government Ratings from 2008 to 2018...