Arbeitspapier

Climate regulatory risks and corporate bonds

Investor concerns about climate and other environmental regulatory risks suggest that these risks should affect corporate bond risk assessment and pricing. We test this hypothesis and find that firms with poor environmental profiles or high carbon footprints tend to have lower credit ratings and higher yield spreads, particularly when their facilities are located in states with stricter regulatory enforcement. Using the Paris Agreement as a shock to expected climate risk regulations, we provide evidence that climate regulatory risks causally affect bond credit ratings and yield spreads. Accordingly, the composition of institutional ownership also changes after the Agreement.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Staff Report ; No. 1014

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Corporate Finance and Governance: Government Policy and Regulation
Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage; Ratings and Ratings Agencies
Financial Economics: General
Thema
climate risk
regulatory risk
fixed income

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Seltzer, Lee
Starks, Laura T.
Zhu, Qifei
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(wo)
New York, NY
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Seltzer, Lee
  • Starks, Laura T.
  • Zhu, Qifei
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Entstanden

  • 2022

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