The Macroeconomic Uncertainty Premium in the Corporate Bond Market
2020 ◽
pp. 1-26
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Abstract We examine the role of macroeconomic uncertainty in the cross section of corporate bonds and find a significant uncertainty premium for both investment-grade (IG) (0.40% per month) and non-investment-grade (NIG) (0.81% per month) bonds. The economic-uncertainty premium declines as we progressively remove downgraded bonds, indicating that the premium represents an increase in required returns for bonds with higher credit and macroeconomic risk. The economic-uncertainty premia vary across equities and bonds in a manner consistent with the heterogeneous risk-aversion levels of dominant players in equities (retail investors) versus bonds (institutional investors).
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2013 ◽
Vol 73
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pp. 810-846
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2017 ◽
Vol 27
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pp. 54-70
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2015 ◽
Vol 4
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pp. 79
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