The great wall of debt: Real estate, political risk, and Chinese local government financing cost

Chengtou bond is the only asset with market prices that can capture the funding cost of Chinese local government debt. In contrast to the U.S. municipal bonds, Chengtou bonds are issued by private corporations but implicitly guaranteed by local and the central governments, which are reflected by nov...

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Main Authors: Andrew Ang, Jennie Bai, Hao Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of Finance and Data Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405918823000144