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The Reputation Effect of Repeated Green-Bond Issuance and Its Impact on the Cost of Capital
Jönköping University, Sweden.
Jönköping University, Sweden;DIW Berlin, Germany.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Forestry and Wood Technology. Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5776-9396
2025 (English)In: Business Strategy and the Environment, ISSN 0964-4733, E-ISSN 1099-0836, Vol. 34, no 2, p. 2436-2448Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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-& agrave;-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, 2025. Vol. 34, no 2, p. 2436-2448
Keywords [en]
bond issuance, ESG, green debt, greenwashing risk, reputation capital
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Business Administration
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Economy, Business administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-134353DOI: 10.1002/bse.4111ISI: 001381850300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85212769904OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-134353DiVA, id: diva2:1925919
Available from: 2025-01-09 Created: 2025-01-09 Last updated: 2025-02-10Bibliographically approved

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