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Author Martell, Christine R., author

Title Information resolution and subnational capital markets / Christine R. Martell, Tima T. Moldogaziev, and Salvador Espinosa
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map
Contents Subnational capital finance -- A theory of subnational government capital market information -- Review of literature on subnational government borrowing -- System-level information resolution and contractibility -- Information resolution, information content, and city debt -- Understanding, managing, and communicating credit fundamentals -- Three contexts of information resolution reforms -- Subnational government capital financing : lessons for policy and practice
Summary "This book theorizes that information is a critical factor for subnational government (SNG) capital market formation and development. It empirically tests the stated relationship between information resolution institutions and mechanisms of information resolution on SNG borrowing. Based on empirical results, analyses of underlying fundamentals of city credit quality, and the study of contexts of information resolution reforms, the book recommends policy measures for central governments, regional and local governments, and financial sector firms to build capital markets for subnational borrowing. As subnational governments across the globe, especially cities, bear increasing pressures to provide critical capital infrastructure, responsibilities for the provision of local infrastructure resulting from decentralization efforts and population demands, the need for a wider array of internal and external resources, including bond market alternatives, becomes a priority. With information resolution, access to capital market financing becomes a feasible option of regional and local government finance. The evidence reported in this book demonstrates that SNG access to capital market financing depends on credit contractibility, which is the nation's capacity of information resolution. The bases of credit contractibility are transparency of credit information, depth of credit information, dissemination, and regulatory quality. Evidence also shows that the informational content of underlying credit quality is a significant covariate of city-level borrowing and debt composition. Based on empirical findings and focusing on cities, the book argues that SNGs can and should strengthen their agency vis-à-vis the public and financial sector actors, in an environment where global capital is increasingly intertwined with the provision of critical infrastructure finance. Agency is necessary for cities not only to achieve their key governance tasks efficiently, but also effectively and equitably, consistent with the demands of the citizenry"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 24, 2022)
Subject Local finance.
Debts, Public.
Capital market.
Government information -- Access control
Credit ratings -- Access control
Financial disclosure.
Credit control.
Transparency in government.
Decentralization in government.
Subnational governments.
Disclosure
Capital market
Credit control
Credit ratings -- Access control
Debts, Public
Decentralization in government
Financial disclosure
Government information -- Access control
Local finance
Subnational governments
Transparency in government
Form Electronic book
Author Moldogaziev, Temirlan Tilekovich, author
Espinosa, Salvador, author
ISBN 9780190089344
0190089342
9780190089351
0190089350