Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/325485 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
SAFE Working Paper No. 456
Publisher: 
Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
What role does bond versus bank debt play in the climate transition? We document that fossil fuel firms with greater stranded-asset risk rely less on bond finance and more on bank credit. While bond investors price stranding risk, banks in the syndicated loan market do not. This differential pricing leads to within-firm substitution from bonds to loans, consistent with a relative contraction in bond market credit supply. We also find that large banks are more likely to lend to risk-exposed firms, raising questions about how climate risk is distributed and whether credit flows align with transition objectives.
Subjects: 
Financial Intermediation
Climate Finance
Stranded-Asset Risk
JEL: 
G21
G28
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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