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Tobacco Settlement Bonds: A Look At The Effect Of Securitization on the Credit of Sttates Using Capital Appreciation Bonds

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  • James Estes

    (California State University San Bernardino)

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Tobacco Settlement bonds have been issued by several states to obtain early use of funds awarded to them in the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) of 1998. The MSA awarded monies in perpetuity to states to settle claims and lawsuits against the tobacco industry that had been ongoing for over a decade. Nine states, and Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam, have chosen to cash in on future MSA payments by issuing capital appreciation bonds in order to receive funds immediately and postpone any type of repayment for 55 years. This paper critically analyzes how using capital appreciation bonds backed by diminishing future MSA revenue streams will inevitably lead to default and higher borrowing costs in all bonds for these states and territories.

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  • James Estes, 2015. "Tobacco Settlement Bonds: A Look At The Effect Of Securitization on the Credit of Sttates Using Capital Appreciation Bonds," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 2703037, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:2703037
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    Keywords

    tobacco settlement bonds; capital appreciation bonds; default; securitization;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G35 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Payout Policy

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