Conference Agenda
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AP 13: New Perspectives on Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing Location: LR M2.3 (Floor 2) Session Chair: Kris Boudt, Ghent University | |
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ID: 1336
The Global Cross-Section of Corporate Bonds: Market, Maturity and Liquidity 1: European Central Bank, Germany; 2: Columbia Business School We investigate pricing factors for corporate bonds in the six largest international markets. Our econometric analysis shows that small sample sizes severely compromise pricing tests of bond portfolios. Using Barillas and Shanken (2017) tests and global portfolios, we reject standard corporate bond factor models in favor of a model featuring the global corporate bond market, a global maturity spread factor, and a global liquidity spread factor. This model prices various cross-sections well, except for Japanese Yen bonds, where including a local market factor improves fit. All returns are hedged in US dollars, as hedged portfolios outperform unhedged ones.
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