 Green bond credit spreads and bank loans in ChinaCongcong Wang, Chong Wang, Huaigang Long, Adam Zaremba and Wenyu Zhou International Review of Financial Analysis, 2024, vol. 94, issue C Abstract: Green finance is increasingly important in both academia and industry, yet the relationship between green bonds and bank loans remains largely understudied. In this study, we conduct an empirical investigation into the impact of the credit spreads of green bonds on the structure of debt financing. Our findings suggest that companies with larger credit spreads on green bonds in the secondary market tend to experience a higher growth rate in new bank loans. The presence of such credit spreads in the secondary market exacerbates corporate financing constraints and information asymmetry. This dynamic fosters implicit collusion between enterprises and banks, enhancing the firms' ability to secure bank loans. This research sheds light on the economic implications of the credit spreads of green bonds from the banks' perspective and offers valuable insights for optimizing credit strategies and detecting greenwashing behavior among banks and investors. Keywords: Credit spread; Green bonds; Bank loans; Corporate financing constraints; Information asymmetry; Greenwashing (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:finana:v:94:y:2024:i:c:s1057521924002321 DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103300 Access Statistics for this article International Review of Financial Analysis is currently edited by B.M. Lucey More articles in International Review of Financial Analysis from Elsevier |
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