The Illiquidity of Corporate Bonds

This paper examines the illiquidity of corporate bonds and its asset-pricing implications. Using transactions data from 2003 to 2009, we show that the illiquidity in corporate bonds is substantial, significantly greater than what can be explained by bid–ask spreads. We establish a strong link betwee...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bao, Jack, Pan, Jun, Wang, Jiang
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Finance Association/John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75381
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-9465
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8261-0261