Ieda, Akira; Ohba, Toshikazu - In: Monetary and Economic Studies 16 (1998) 2, pp. 113-128
In this paper, we conduct a regression analysis on the spread over Libor (LS) on the domestic straight bond trading market in Japan from May 1997 through March 1998. Our analysis shows that, for non-construction issues, the lower the rating the higher the LS, and that the LS differential among...