We examine the impact of individual stock liquidity on corporate bond yield spreads in the U.S. market. By extending the endogenous-default model to include stock liquidity in the calculation of the bond value we show that a drop in stock liquidity will increase the firm's credit risk by...

This paper studies the interaction between fundamental and liquidity for defaultable corporate bonds that are traded in an over-the-counter secondary market with search frictions. Bargaining with dealers determines a bond's endogenous liquidity, which depends on both the firm fundamental and the...

This paper studies the interaction between fundamental and liquidity for defaultable corporate bonds that are traded in an over-the-counter secondary market with search frictions. Bargaining with dealers determines a bond's endogenous liquidity, which depends on both the firm fundamental and the...