Bradley, Michael; De Lira Salvatierra, Irving; Gulati, Mitu - 2023
to honor longer maturity bonds. Finally, we find a positive relation between maturity and the bond’s S&P rating for the … maturity in the sovereign debt market. Our primary finding is that the maturities of bonds that carry a meaningful degree of … subsample of LG bonds. The higher the bond’s rating, the greater the commitment that the sovereign will repay the debt. Thus, we …