Beyond green bonds: Stock market reactions to ESG bond announcements and issuances in Japan

Yuan, Mingqing (2024): Beyond green bonds: Stock market reactions to ESG bond announcements and issuances in Japan.

Abstract

This study examines the stock market reactions to the announcements and issuances of 402 ESG bonds from 153 listed Japanese firms, employing an event study methodology. Results show strong positive market reactions to green bonds and transition bonds, while sustainability bonds evoke modest short-term positivity following their announcement. Social and sustainability-linked bonds show minimal to insignificant impact, and transition-linked bonds incurs negative stock reactions. These outcomes offer insights for the market by indicating differentiated investor perceptions of ESG bonds, for issuers by highlighting positively priced green financing instruments, and for policymakers by evaluating the effectiveness of green finance policies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Green bonds, Green finance, Market reactions, Event study
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G14 - Information and Market Efficiency ; Event Studies ; Insider Trading; G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance; G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance > G32 - Financing Policy ; Financial Risk and Risk Management ; Capital and Ownership Structure ; Value of Firms ; Goodwill; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q56 - Environment and Development ; Environment and Trade ; Sustainability ; Environmental Accounts and Accounting ; Environmental Equity ; Population Growth; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q57 - Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services ; Biodiversity Conservation ; Bioeconomics ; Industrial Ecology

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