Choice of Currency in Bond Issuance and the International Role of Currencies

40 Pages Posted: 2 Oct 2007

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Nikolaus Siegfried

European Central Bank

Emilia Simeonova

Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

Cristina Vespro

ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Date Written: September 2007

Abstract

This paper investigates bond issuance of non-financial corporations in advanced economies during the period 1999-2003, attempting to understand motives for issuing in foreign currency, and determinants for the choice of currency. We consider the following influences on the currency choice when issuing foreign currency denominated debt: the microeconomic characteristics of the firm, the macroeconomic institutional environment and the financial particularities of the bond issue. We find that in addition to cost minimisation, hedging motives and the desire to establish an investor base influences the choice of currency. At the same time, market conventions and regulation also affect the choice.

Keywords: Bond issuance, Foreign currency denominated debt, Panel logit, nested logit, conditional logit

JEL Classification: C25, E44, F23, G32

Suggested Citation

Siegfried, Nikolaus and Simeonova, Emilia and Vespro, Cristina, Choice of Currency in Bond Issuance and the International Role of Currencies (September 2007). ECB Working Paper No. 814, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1015262 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1015262

Nikolaus Siegfried (Contact Author)

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Emilia Simeonova

Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School ( email )

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Cristina Vespro

ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles ( email )

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