The effects of a green monetary policy on firms financing cost

Andrea Bacchiocchi (), Sebastian Ille and Germana Giombini
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Andrea Bacchiocchi: University of Urbino Carlo Bo, DESP

Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2024, vol. 19, issue 4, No 7, 727-757

Abstract: Abstract The monetary policy operations of a central bank (CB) involve allocation decisions when purchasing assets and taking collateral. A green monetary policy aims to steer or tilt the allocation of assets and collateral toward low-carbon industries, to reduce the cost of capital for these sectors in comparison to high-carbon ones. Starting from a corporate bonds purchase program (e.g., CSPP) that follows a carbon-neutral monetary policy, we analyze how a shift in the CB portfolio allocation toward bonds issued by low-carbon companies can favor green firms in the market. Relying on optimal portfolio theory, we study how the CB might include the risk related to the environmental sustainability of firms in its balance sheet. In addition, we analyze the interactions between the neutral or green CB re-balancing policy and the evolutionary choice (i.e., by means of exponential replicator dynamics) of a population of firms that can decide to be green or not according to bonds borrowing cost.

Keywords: Monetary policy; Optimal portfolio allocation; Environmental economics; Interacting agents; Evolutionary dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C73 E52 E58 G11 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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