Chen, Zhihua; Lookman, Aziz A.; Schürhoff, Norman; … - Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research North … - 2010
This paper examines the role of bond ratings and the effects of rating-based regulations in thecorporate bond market. Exploiting an unanticipated mechanical change in how the benchmarkLehman bond indices are constructed in 2005, we show that rating-induced market segmentationof the bond market...