Liquidity and corporate yield spreads: lessons from Tunisian bond market
by Tarek Chebbi, Slaheddine Hellara
International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance (IJMEF), Vol. 3, No. 3, 2010

Abstract: This paper explores the role of liquidity risk in the pricing of corporate bonds. We show that this risk is a priced factor for the credit spread associated with corporate bonds. Therefore, the liquidity spread helps to clarify the credit-spread puzzle. This finding suggests that credit spreads may include a liquidity premium that is ignored by traditional pricing models. Further, corporate bond spreads have insignificant exposures to fluctuations in equity market liquidity.

Online publication date: Wed, 02-Jun-2010

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