Review of Financial Studies Vol. 21 No. 5 2008
Do Sovereign Bonds Benefit Corporate Bonds in Emerging Markets?
Abstract
[We analyze the impact of emerging-market sovereign bonds on emerging-market corporate bonds by examining their spanning enhancement, price discovery, and issuance effects. We find that the effect of spanning enhancement is positive and large; over one-fifth of the information in corporate yield spreads is traced to innovations in sovereign bonds; and most of these effects are due to discovery and spanning of systematic risks. Further, issuance of sovereign bonds, controlling for endogeneity of market-timing decisions, lowers corporate yield and bid-ask spreads. Our results indicate that sovereign securities act as benchmarks and suggest they promote a vibrant corporate bond market.]
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1983-2014
- Sources
- bibtex:phds-export.bib