Incomplete Information, Debt Issuance, and the Term Structure of Credit Spreads

We propose a tractable bond pricing model in which managers have an informational advantage over creditors. We show that, regardless of how poor their private signal is, managers of firms that can access the credit market will avoid default by issuing new debt to service existing debt. Therefore, only bonds of firms that have exhausted their ability to borrow are subject to jump-to-default risk due to incomplete information and, in turn, command a jump-to-default risk premium. We document that our model captures many salient features of the corporate bond market

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Year of publication:	2020
Authors:	Benzoni, Luca
Other Persons:	Garlappi, Lorenzo (contributor) ; Goldstein, Robert S. (contributor)
Publisher:	[2020]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Zinsstruktur \| Yield curve \| Unvollkommene Information \| Incomplete information \| Theorie \| Theory \| Fremdkapital \| Debt financing \| Unternehmensanleihe \| Corporate bond \| Kreditrisiko \| Credit risk \| Risikoprämie \| Risk premium \| Kapitalstruktur \| Capital structure

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