In this paper, we perform a robust analysis of the determinants of US swap spreads using a wide range of theoretically motivated candidate factors. We conduct an analysis in the frequency domain to see how the impacts of the candidate factors on the swap spread differ between different horizons....

Access to finance and the financing terms are important for firms' in-vestments and thus the business cycle developments. Danish non-financial corporations to a large extent finance their non-financial investments internally e.g. via retained earnings. During a business cycle expansion the...