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Credit rating announcements, trading activity and yield spreads: the Spanish evidence

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  • Pilar Abad
  • Antonio Díaz
  • M. Dolores Robles-Fernández

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We test whether different rating announcements contain pricing-relevant information and modify trading activity patterns in the Spanish corporate debt markets. We observe a significant widening of yield spreads in short- and long-term corporate debt after reviews of downgrades and negative outlook reports. Additionally, certain rating announcements encourage trading activity even when the information is not pricing-relevant. The release of information arouses investor interest for the involved securities. Thus, trading frequency increases, although larger-sized transactions, which should denote possible portfolio rebalancing, are not observed. In the short-term market, trading volumes are found to fade after reviews for downgrade.

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  • Pilar Abad & Antonio Díaz & M. Dolores Robles-Fernández, 2012. "Credit rating announcements, trading activity and yield spreads: the Spanish evidence," International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(1), pages 38-63.
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    1. Peña Cerezo, Miguel Ángel & Rodríguez Castellanos, Arturo & Ibáñez Hernández, Francisco Jaime, 2015. "Does rating shopping exist in spanish securitization issues?," Cuadernos de Gestión, Universidad del País Vasco - Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (IEAE).
    2. Pilar Abad & M. Dolores Robles & Gare Cuervo, 2013. "Changes in Corporate Debt Ratings and Stock Liquidity: Evidence from the Spanish Market," Documentos de Trabajo del ICAE 2013-11, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico.

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    Keywords

    CRAs; credit rating agencies; rating changes; event study; yields; liquidity; trading frequency; corporate bond markets; commercial paper market; Spain; corporate debt; trading patterns; trading activity.;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • C34 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models

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