We document a strong positive cross-sectional relation between corporate bond yield spreads and bond return … volatilities. As corporate bond prices are generally attributable to both credit risk and illiquidity as discussed in Huang and …, our credit and illiquidity proxies can explain almost three quarters of the yield spread-bond volatility relation with …

This paper examines the relationship between CDS and bond markets in the context of the financial crisis by employing …-lag relation is found between the markets, in which changes in CDS premia consistently forecast changes in bond spreads. Moreover …, it was found less bond market reaction for an increase on the insurance premium to investment grade bonds …