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Estimation of Green Bond Premiums in the Chinese Secondary Market

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  • Karel Janda
  • Anna Kortusova
  • Binyi Zhang

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Green bonds have gained prominence in China's capital market as tools that help to fuel the transition to a climate-resilient economy. Although the issuance volume in the Chinese green bond market has been growing rapidly in recent years, the impact of the green label on bond pricing has not been adequately studied. Therefore, this paper investigates whether the newly developed financial instrument offers investors in China an attractive yield compared to other equivalent conventional bonds. By matching green bonds with their conventional counterparts and subsequently applying a fixed-effects estimation, our empirical results reveal a significant negative green bond yield premium of -1.8 bps on average in the Chinese secondary market. In addition, the yield premium is found to vary across issuers' business sectors mainly due to the public reputation of bond issuers. Moreover, our empirical results reveal an insignificant relationship between the green certification and the yield premium, possibly reflecting inconsistent green bond standards in the Chinese market. Our results point to some practical implications for policymakers and investors.

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  • Karel Janda & Anna Kortusova & Binyi Zhang, 2022. "Estimation of Green Bond Premiums in the Chinese Secondary Market," CAMA Working Papers 2022-38, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:een:camaaa:2022-38
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    1. Chen, Yongfei & Wei, Yu & Bai, Lan & Zhang, Jiahao & Wang, Zhuo, 2023. "Connectedness and hedging effects among China's nonferrous metal, crude oil and green bond markets: An extreme perspective," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PA).
    2. Nini Johana Marín-Rodríguez & Juan David González-Ruiz & Alejandro Valencia-Arias, 2023. "Incorporating Green Bonds into Portfolio Investments: Recent Trends and Further Research," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-32, October.

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    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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