Cici, Gjergji; Gibson, Scott; Merrick, John J. - 2010 - First Draft: November 2007, This Draft: July 14, 2010
We study the dispersion of month-end valuations placed on identical corporate bonds by different mutual funds. Such dispersion is related to bond-specific characteristics associated with liquidity and market volatility. TRACE may have contributed to the general decline in dispersion over our...