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This paper investigates the informational efficiency of green bond markets using a recently introduced quantitative … inefficiency of the green bond market is generally found to be very similar to that of benchmark bond markets such as treasury bond … green bond markets are very similar to those in the benchmark bond markets. In other words, fundamental factors that drive …
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green bond returns and volatilities. On the whole, the evidence suggests weaker linkages, and thus a lower degree of …
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Were government bond risk premia affected by the media in addition to the effects of major events? Revisiting the … European debt crisis, we analyze the role of television news in the rise and re-convergence of GIIPS bond spreads vis … stability and “international financial support” to distressed countries in reducing bond spreads. Moreover, weekend news enables …
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This paper explores the relationship between green bond markets and both green and conventional financial markets … Ukraine war, and earlier structural changes. Second, green bonds show the strongest comovement with benchmark bond markets … cases, declining, reinforcing their potential as a diversification tool. However, short-term movements in the green bond …
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We analyze the effects of socially responsible investment and public abatement on environmental quality and the economy in a continuous-time dynamic growth model featuring optimizing households and firms. Environmental quality is modelled as a renewable resource. Consumers can invest in...
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This project analyzes how a principal can motivate an agent to conserve rather than exploit a depletable resource. This dynamic problem is relevant for tropical deforestation as well as for other environmental problems. It is shown that the smaller is the agent's discount factor (e.g., because...
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We test the hypothesis that the government bond markets in the Eurozone are more fragile and more susceptible to self …
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This paper uses R/S analysis and fractional integration techniques to examine the persistence of two sets of 12 ESG and conventional stock price indices from the MSCI database over the period 2007-2020 for a large number of both developed and emerging markets. Both sets of results imply that...
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Promoting investment in low carbon "clean" sectors has gained popularity over the last years under the heading of sustainable finance, at the same time raising concerns about adverse welfare effects of such policies. We analyze the economic impact of subsidizing investment in "clean" industries...
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Swap lines between advanced-economy central banks are a new important part of the global financial architecture. This paper analyses their monetary policy effects from three perspectives. First, from the perspective of the central banks, it shows that the swap line mimics discount-window credit...
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