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Notations et écarts de rentabilité : le marché français avant l'euro

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  • Hervé Alexandre

    (DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Maxime Merli

    (UB - Université de Bourgogne)

Abstract

The main task of this paper is to confront two classical measures of default risk of the issuer, the rating and the spread. The first is attributed by agencies specialized in this activity (Standard and Poor's or Moody's) while the second results directly from the market price of the bond. This article studies this link over a period of two years for about forty French denominated bonds. Two measures of the spread are used and the results obtained show the very partial consideration of this information by the investors on the French bond market.

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  • Hervé Alexandre & Maxime Merli, 2003. "Notations et écarts de rentabilité : le marché français avant l'euro," Post-Print hal-01622853, HAL.
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    1. Francois Lantin, 2008. "L'importance de la note initiale et du type de changement dans la mesure de l'impact de la notation financière (rating) sur le marché actions," Post-Print halshs-00692578, HAL.

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    default risk; rating; spread; bonds; risque de défaut.; notation; spread de taux; obligations;
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    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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