How do global financial markets affect the green bond markets? Evidence from different estimation techniques

Bibliographic Data

ID15067321
AuthorsKutay Gozgor (Economics, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Turkey, corresponding author), Mesut Karakas (0000-0002-3695-2105, Economics, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey)
Year2023
Volume36
Issue2
Publication date2023-07-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1331-677X • E-ISSN: 1848-9664
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1331677x.2023.2177703
OpenAlexW4327936858
LanguageEN
References cited55

The green bond market has significantly improved in recent years thanks to the development of financial instruments and the rising climate change concerns. Given this backdrop, this paper investigates the effects of returns in different financial markets, i.e. the United States Treasury Bonds, the Standard & Poor’s stock market, the United States Dollar, Gold, Crude Oil, and Bitcoin on the Green Bond returns (the Standard & Poor’s Green Bond Index) from September 17, 2014, to September 1, 2022. The results from the robust linear and machine learning estimators indicate that the returns of the United States Treasury Bonds and the United States Dollar are negatively related to the Green Bond returns. Meanwhile, Gold returns positively affect Green Bond returns. The quantile regression estimations of Machado–Santos Silva also show that these findings are valid in different quantiles. The paper also discusses policy implications related to climate change and the development of financial instruments to promote green investments

Bond · Bond market · Business · Economics · Estimation · Financial economics · Financial market · Financial system · Monetary economics · Financial Markets and Investment Strategies · Market Dynamics and Volatility · Psychology · Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds · Finance

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