We estimate the slope of the demand curve for newly auctioned FHLB discount notes and investigate the impacts of arbitrage risk and heterogeneity of investor beliefs on demand elasticity. Our unique dataset of roughly 2,900 observations of two price-quantity pairs - the first from a pre-auction...

This study examines a novel form of debt financing – sustainability linked loans (SLL). SLLs are obtained by companies committed to sustainable growth in line with climate change goals. Compared to funding from most traditional green instruments, which is restricted to specific projects, SLL...