This study examines whether sell-side debt research has investment value for debt investors. We find that both the levels of and changes in recommendations are associated with event-time abnormal bond returns, and that changes in recommendations (i.e., upgrades and downgrades) are associated...

This paper examines the relation between business group affiliation and the cost of debt capital. The co-insurance effect associated with business groups can reduce the cost of debt, while expropriation by controlling shareholders can raise the cost of debt. We find that firms affiliated with...

We show that a firm's one-year-ahead capital investments and inventory increase (decrease) when peer firms' MD&A narratives become more optimistic (pessimistic). This finding is driven by firms that access peer firms' 10-K filings within seven days of filing, and remains after controlling for...