 The Expansion of Corporate Bond Markets in East Asia and Latin AmericaFacundo Abraham (), Juan J. Cortina () and Sergio Schmukler No 18594, Documentos de Trabajo from The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) Abstract: Firms in East Asia and Latin America expanded their borrowing activity by increasing bond issuances during 2010-19. A higher demand of corporate bonds by institutional investors played a key role in this development. East Asian firms mainly borrowed from domestic investors issuing local currency denominated bonds. Latin American firms mainly borrowed from foreign investors issuing foreign currency denominated bonds. As bond financing expanded, borrowing firms increased their leverage positions and worsened their financial performance. Higher borrowing has exposed firms to different risks heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Risks in East Asia have been more related to higher amounts of borrowing than in Latin America and to the participation of smaller firms, which tend to have fewer financing options and issue debt at shorter maturities. Latin American firms have been more exposed to external factors and currency depreciations because they have relied more heavily on foreign financing in foreign currency. Keywords: Capital raising; corporate bonds; corporate financing; corporate risk; debt; emergingeconomies. (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:col:000518:018594 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Documentos de Trabajo from The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) Contact information at EDIRC. |
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