issuing firms and the bond yield spread at issuance. We document a significant and positive relation between CSR concerns …, whereas CSR strengths seem to play an insignificant role in determining bond yield spread. Our main findings are robust to the … the time-series changes in issuing firms' CSR profiles, and report that institutional investors demand a higher bond yield …

spread in China. It finds that both margin trading and short selling can reduce bond yield spread. Additionally, it finds … is that short selling lowers the bond yield spread by decreasing earnings management, suggesting that short selling has …Using a quasi-natural experiment, this study examines the effects of margin trading and short selling on bond yield …