Bethke, Sebastian; Kempf, Alexander; Gehde-Trapp, Monika - 2014 - This version: August 28, 2014
We examine the dynamics of bond correlation using a broad sample of US corporate bonds, and document that bond … correlation varies heavily over time. We attribute this variation in bond correlation to variation in risk factor correlation … reflecting time-varying flight-to-quality behavior of investors. We show that risk factor correlation increases when investor …