The paper investigates CDS spreads reaction to the type of issued bonds, green or conventional. We use an event study based on the CDS spreads reaction for the green bond issuance. First, we find that there is a green bond effect. That is, CDS spreads decline when a green bond is issued,...

We assess the nature of the European sovereign crisis in the light of a model borrowed from the second generation of currency crises. We bring the theory to the data to empirically test the presence of self-fulfilling dynamics and to identify what may have driven the market sentiment during this...