Collateral eligibility of corporate debt in the eurosystem

  • We study how the Eurosystem Collateral Framework for corporate bonds helps the European Central Bank (ECB) fulfill its policy mandate. Using the ECBs eligibility list, we identify the first inclusion date of both bonds and issuers. We find that due to the increased supply and demand for pledgeable collateral following eligibility, (i) securities lending market trading activity increases, (ii) eligible bonds have lower yields, and (iii) the liquidity of newly-issued bonds declines, whereas the liquidity of older bonds is unaffected/improves. Corporate bond lending relaxes the constraint of limited collateral supply, thereby making the market more cohesive and complete. Following eligibility, bond-issuing firms reduce bank debt and expand corporate bond issuance, thus increasing overall debt size and extending maturity.

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Author:Loriana PelizzonORCiDGND, Max RiedelORCiDGND, Zorka SimonORCiD, Marti G. SubrahmanyamORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-534517
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3586409
Parent Title (English):SAFE working paper series ; No. 213 [falsch, korrekt 275]
Series (Serial Number):SAFE working paper (213 f)
Publisher:SAFE
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:2020
Year of first Publication:2020
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2020/04/29
Tag:Collateral Policy; Corporate Bonds; Corporate Debt Structure; ECB; Eligibility premium
Issue:This draft: April 2020
Page Number:64
Note:
Auf dem Titelblatt fälschlich als No. 213 der Schriftenreihe bezeichnet
HeBIS-PPN:464987776
Institutes:Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / House of Finance (HoF)
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht