This paper examines the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the number of bond covenants. We find that a … high CSR score has a negative association with the number of bond covenants. Moreover, our results are more pronounced for … relationship on the bond contracts …

This study focuses on characteristics of green bond issuers, and more specifically on ownership as a driver of green … bond issuance. We test the impact of firm ownership on green bond issuance from a sample of issuers of green and non …-green bonds in 18 countries for the 2013–2017 period. We find that state ownership is a primary determinant of green bond issuance …

This study analyses how liquidity risk affects bonds' yield spreads after controlling for credit risk, bond …

, investors need a definition of green technology as well as a definition of what a green bond is. In addition to that, green … the green bond market is a political project, there is the danger of privileging green bonds in financial regulation for … achieving political goals. The emergence of a green bond bubble and the bursting of that bubble would be harmful to the …

degradation and climate change in emerging economies; however, the increasing green washing sentiments in the green bond market … joins the controversial debate by investigating the impact of green bond issuance on corporate environmental …, this positive link is maintains after a series of robustness tests. Moreover, we identify that green bond issuance …

The effective functioning of the municipal bond market is crucial for the provision of public services, as it is the …

evidence on the informational value of bond ratings for financial investors. In this study we examine the relationship between … bond ratings and credit spreads for US corporate bonds using a Granger causality approach in panel data sets. The findings … indicate that ratings generally carry some informational value for corporate bond investors. The causal relationship is more …