Determinants of corporate bond market size: Evidence from Asian countries and implications for Vietnam

The study attempts to explore economic, financial, and institutional developmental factors that contribute to the growth of the size of corporate bond markets by using the data set from ten Asian economies (China; Hong Kong, Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; the Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; and Vietnam). The empirical findings by generalized least squares model show that the level of economic development as shown by GDP per capita is one of the most important factors in the development of corporate bond markets.