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The reputation effect of repeated green-bond issuance and its impact on the cost of capital
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Economics. Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8999-8078
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Economics. DIW Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3879-7361
Faculty of Technology, School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5776-9396
2024 (English)In: Business Strategy and the Environment, ISSN 0964-4733, E-ISSN 1099-0836Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Sustainable development
00. Sustainable Development, 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Abstract [en]

This study explores the effect of frequent green-bond issuance on a firm's financing costs. Using a sample of listed Swedish real estate companies issuing a total of 1074 bonds over the period from 2011 to 2021, difference-in-differences analyses and instrumental variable estimations are applied to identify the causal impact of frequent green-bond vis-à-vis frequent non-green-bond issuance on a firm's cost of capital and credit rating. The paper argues that repetitive issuance lowers a firm's cost of capital, while the effects of first or one-time green-bond issuance are the opposite. In line with the reputation capital hypothesis, issuing green bonds even lowers the firm's cost of equity capital, while issuing non-green bonds does not affect the cost of equity.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2024.
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bond issuance, ESG, green debt, greenwashing risk, reputation capital
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Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-66886DOI: 10.1002/bse.4111ISI: 001381850300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85212769904Local ID: HOA;;991169OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-66886DiVA, id: diva2:1924143
Available from: 2025-01-03 Created: 2025-01-03 Last updated: 2025-01-03

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