Abad, Pilar; Díaz, Antonio; Robles-Fernández, M. Dolores - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 5 (2012) 1, pp. 38-63
We test whether different rating announcements contain pricing-relevant information and modify trading activity patterns in the Spanish corporate debt markets. We observe a significant widening of yield spreads in short- and long-term corporate debt after reviews of downgrades and negative...