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Chinese write-down bonds: issuance and bank capital structure. (English) Zbl 1471.91576

Summary: This paper investigates the impact of Chinese write-down bond issuance on issuing bank’s capital structure. We divide the capital structure into asset allocation (financial leverage ratio) and capital allocation (the proportion of tier 1 capital). We find that the issuance of write-down bonds has a positive effect on the issuing bank’s asset allocation, and the effect is relatively greater for lower leveraged banks. The write-down bond issuance has no effect on capital allocation for the whole sample, but it is inversely related to capital allocation for banks with high tier 1 capital ratios. For banks that have issued write-down bonds, the issuing amount of write-down bonds has a significant impact on asset allocation, while the impact on capital allocation is not significant. Since write-down bonds are considered to be gone concern capital, and tier 1 capital is considered to be going concern capital, the issuance of write-down bonds has no significant effect on the proportion of tier 1 capital for the whole sample.

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91G20 Derivative securities (option pricing, hedging, etc.)
91G50 Corporate finance (dividends, real options, etc.)
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