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This paper examines dealers' inventory holding periods and the associated price markups on corporate bonds from 2003 to 2010. Changes in these measures explain a large part of the time series variation in aggregate corporate bond prices. In the cross-section, holding periods and markups overshadow extant liquidity measures and have significant explanatory power for individual bond prices. Both measures shed light on the credit spread puzzle: changes in credit spread are positively correlated with changes in holding periods and markups, and a large portion of credit spread changes is explained by them. The economic effects of holding periods and markups are particularly sharp during crisis periods.
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Title
- Intermediaries, illiquidity and corporate bond pricing
Contributors
- Qian, Zhiyi (Author)
- Wahal, Sunil (Thesis advisor)
- Bharath, Sreedhar (Committee member)
- Coles, Jeffrey (Committee member)
- Mehra, Rajnish (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2012
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- thesisPartial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2012
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 51-53)
- Field of study: Business administration
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by Zhiyi Qian