Martynova, Natalya; Perotti, Enrico C. - 2018
, contingent capital (CoCo) may be less risky than bail-inable debt as its lower priority is compensated by a lower induced risk … the opposite effect. This is in contrast to traditional convertible debt, since CoCo bondholders have a short option … position. As a result, principal write-down CoCo debt is most desirable for risk preventive pur- poses, although the effect may …