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This paper explores the effect of equity volatility on corporate bond yields. Panel data for the late 1990's show that idiosyncratic firm-level volatility can explain as much cross-sectional variation in yields as can credit ratings. This finding, together with the upward trend in idiosyncratic...
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This paper explores the effect of equity volatility on corporate bond yields. Panel data for the late 1990's show that idiosyncratic firm-level volatility can explain as much cross-sectional variation in yields as can credit ratings. This finding, together with the upward trend in idiosyncratic...
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expected inflation, and the ""nominal-real covariance"" of inflation and the real interest rate with the real economy. The last …
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expected inflation, and the ""nominal-real covariance"" of inflation and the real interest rate with the real economy. The last …
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This paper estimates expected future real interest rates and inflation rates from observed prices of UK government …-linked bonds. It assumes that expected log returns on all bonds are equal, and that expected real interest rates and inflation … inflation expectations forecast actual future inflation more accurately than nominal yields do. The estimated real interest rate …
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The exposure of US Treasury bonds to the stock market has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1960-2011, it was unusually high in the 1980s and negative in the 2000s, a period during which Treasury bonds enabled investors to hedge macroeconomic...
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This paper explores the history of inflation-indexed bond markets in the US and the UK. It documents a massive decline … financial crisis of 2008. Breakeven inflation rates, calculated from inflation-indexed and nominal government bond yields … inflation-indexed yields and high short-term volatility of inflation-indexed bond returns do not invalidate the basic case for …
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This paper explores the history of inflation-indexed bond markets in the US and the UK. It documents a massive decline … financial crisis of 2008. Breakeven inflation rates, calculated from inflation- indexed and nominal government bond yields … inflation-indexed yields and high short-term volatility of inflation-indexed bond returns do not invalidate the basic case for …
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