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title: Sustainability Bonds & Market Reaction
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4608606/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4608606
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4608606
featured: 2023-10-25
citations: unknown
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
---


# Sustainability Bonds & Market Reaction

The research finds that the market reaction to sustainability bonds is stronger than traditional bonds and that ESG scores significantly affect corporate performance.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4608606
- Identifier: SSRN 4608606
- Released: 2022-08-09
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 23 (2023-10-25): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-10-25/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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