This paper examines the determinants of bond issuance in the Chinese market and the influence of capital structure … Chinese market, in particular the involvement of the financial authority permission process during bond issuance, enhance the … of both bond and nonbond direct finance. We interpret this as bond issuance approval serving as a signal to markets of an …

propose an "Attention Bond," allowing recipients to define a price that senders must risk to deliver the initial message. The …

bond dealers' choice in the hybrid Norwegian government bond market, I explore whether they adopt a trading strategy based … on the perceived informativeness of their trades. The results imply that bond dealers act strategically to preserve the …