Sub-Saharan African Eurobond yields : what really matters beyond global factors?

This study explores the drivers of secondary market yields of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) sovereign Eurobonds from 2008 to mid-2017. Our results indicate that, beyond global ‘push’ factors, country-specific ‘pull’ factors such as inflation and GDP growth matter too for SSA Eurobond performance. A pane...

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Published inReview of development finance Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 49 - 62
Main Authors Senga, Christian, Cassimon, Danny, Essers, Dennis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam AfricaGrowth Institute 01.06.2018
Subjects
Bond yields
Economic performance
Eurobonds
Inflation
International bonds
Public debt
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Summary:This study explores the drivers of secondary market yields of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) sovereign Eurobonds from 2008 to mid-2017. Our results indicate that, beyond global ‘push’ factors, country-specific ‘pull’ factors such as inflation and GDP growth matter too for SSA Eurobond performance. A panel error-correction analysis suggests large heterogeneity in the short-term influence of our global and country variables across countries. We find no significant effect of bond-specific factors on yields when push and pull factors are accounted for. By emphasizing the prominence of country variables, reflecting the quality of countries’ macroeconomic management and their economic performance, our results qualify the common view that SSA countries have little control over their market borrowing costs.
ISSN:1879-9337
1879-9337
DOI:10.1016/j.rdf.2018.05.005