Attractiveness of Chinese Bonds Financing Climate and Environmental Projects

Karel Janda and Binyi Zhang

No 4.007, FFA Working Papers from Prague University of Economics and Business

Abstract: As facilitated by governmental authorities promising sustainable economic growth, green bonds have gained prominence in China's capital market to scale up the transition to a climate-resilient economy. Although the issuance volume of the Chinese green bond market has been growing rapidly in recent years, the impact of green label on bond pricing is not adequately studied. Thus, this paper aims to investigate whether this newly developed financial instrument offers investors in China an attractive yield compared to other equivalent conventional bonds. By applying a matching method and subsequently a fixed-effects estimation, our empirical results reveal a significant negative yield premium of green bonds on average -1.8 bps lower than their conventional counterparts in the Chinese secondary market. In addition to that, the yield premium is found to vary across issuers' business sectors mainly due to the public reputation of bond issuers. Moreover, our empirical results reveal an insignificant relationship between the green certification and the yield premium, reflecting an inconsistent green definition in the Chinese market. Our results point to some practical implications for policymakers and investors.

Keywords: Green bonds; Green bond premium; ESG; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2021-11-25, Revised 2022-04-26
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