Keywords
municipality
energy transition
energy efficiency
financial management
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Abstract
In this article, we focus on green bonds issued by local authorities for the energy transition of cities. Using bonds listed on public markets, we compared the yields of municipal energy bonds with those of other bonds of the same issuer at the same time. The comparison was made using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The study aimed to establish the presence of greenium, which can significantly reduce the cost of financing green energy projects implemented by urban centres. The study included selected agglomerations from almost every continent with different financial market experiences. The results indicate a wide variation in the occurrence of greenium, both in terms of value and stableness over time. This may imply that other non-financial factors influence its properties. However, the study results show the potential for reducing the cost of financing energy transition implemented by cities and may have practical relevance.
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