Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/313590 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Development Finance [ISSN:] 2959-0930 [Volume:] 8 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 49-62
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
This study explores the drivers of secondary market yields of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) sovereign Eurobonds from 2008 to mid-2017. Our results indicate that, beyond global 'push' factors, country-specific 'pull' factors such as inflation and GDP growth matter too for SSA Eurobond performance. A panel error-correction analysis suggests large heterogeneity in the short-term influence of our global and country variables across countries. We find no significant effect of bond-specific factors on yields when push and pull factors are accounted for. By emphasizing the prominence of country variables, reflecting the quality of countries' macroeconomic management and their economic performance, our results qualify the common view that SSA countries have little control over their market borrowing costs.
Subjects: 
Public debt
International bonds
Bond yields
Sub-Saharan Africa
JEL: 
F34
G15
H63
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Document Type: 
Article

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