We undertake a variance decomposition of index-linked bond returns for the US, UK and Iceland. In all cases, news about … future excess returns is the key driver though only for Icelandic bonds are returns independent of inflation. …

This paper explores a granular database from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Green Bond Transparency Platform … reference yield curve can boost the private ESG bond market. Using a difference-in-differences (DID) approach, we empirically … bond issuances and a 25 percent increase in the number of ESG corporate bond issuances in the external markets after three …

EMEs exploiting the opportunity. India also launched its rupee-denominated bond (masala bond) abroad in 2013, seeking to … listing the key essentials for future growth and long-term sustainability of the masala bond market and its emergence as a …

inflation expectations and risk premia. This entails jointly pricing and decomposing nominal and real UK yields. We find … evidence that medium- and long-term inflation expectations are contained within narrower bounds since the early 1990s …, suggesting monetary policy credibility improved after the introduction of inflation targeting. …