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Currency composition of international bonds: The EMU effect

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  • Hale, Galina B.
  • Spiegel, Mark M.

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We analyze the impact that the launch of the EMU had on the currency denomination of private international bond issues in 1990–2006 using micro-level data. Our stylized model predicts that the introduction of the euro would lead to an increase in the share of euro-denominated debt and a decline in the share of dollar-denominated debt issued by firms located in countries outside both the United States and the euro area. Moreover, our model predicts that the euro effect would be particularly pronounced for nonfinancial firms. Our empirical results are consistent with these predictions. In addition, we find that among nonfinancial firms, the impact on new issuers is larger than on seasoned issuers. Extending the model to allow for differences in issuance volumes across future monetary union countries prior to integration, we also predict larger increases in euro-denominated issuance among firms from smaller monetary union countries. We confirm this prediction for international bond issues by euro-area firms.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Journal of International Economics.

Volume (Year): 88 (2012)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 134-149

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Handle: RePEc:eee:inecon:v:88:y:2012:i:1:p:134-149

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Keywords: Bond markets; Monetary union; Currency risk; Original sin; Liquidity;

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