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, which is more pronounced for higher maturities and when risk aversion proxied by bond market volatility is high. Going …
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-balance-sheet activities. This paper provides measures of leverage implicit in derivative contracts by decomposing the contracts into cash …
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An analysis of mutual-fund-level flow data into EM bond and equity markets confirms that different types of funds … behave differently. Bond funds are more sensitive to global factors and engage more in return chasing than equity funds …
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We analyze the corporate green bond market under a rational framework without an innate green preference, using a …, false or exaggerated claims of being green. The extent of greenwashing in the market is a function of the green bond premium …. A swift and gradual implementation of carbon pricing generates a small green bond premium and a low level of …
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We re-assess the view that sovereigns with a history of default are charged only a small and/or short-lived premium on the interest rate warranted by observed fundamentals. Our reassessment uses a metric of such a “default premium” (DP) that is consistent with asymmetric information models...
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Assessing default risks for Chinese firms is hard. Standard measures of risk using market indicators may be unreliable because of implicit guarantees, the large role played by less-informed investors, and other market imperfections. We test this assertion by estimating stand-alone 1-year default...
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The paper analyzes and quantifies the importance of sovereign risk in determining corporate default premia (yield spreads). It also investigates the extent to which the practice by rating agencies and banks of not rating companies higher than their sovereign (quot;country or sovereign...
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This paper analyzes the capital structure of private asset managers in which theacquisition of nonperforming loans (NPLs) is funded with Contingent Convertibles(CoCos) placed with investors. The paper develops a model based on NPL transferprices and residual recovery rates to assess capital...
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I construct a systemic liquidity risk index (SLRI) from data on violations of arbitrage relationships across several asset classes between 2004 and 2010. Then I test whether the equity returns of 53 global banks were exposed to this liquidity risk factor. Results show that the level of bank...
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Country practices towards managing financial risks on a sovereign balance sheet continue to evolve. Each crisis period, and its legacy on sovereign balance sheets, reaffirms the need for strengthening financial risk management. This paper discusses some salient features embedded in in the...
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