This study assesses the credit risk of Japan's real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) in two related markets during the fiscal years 2008--2017. The first J-REIT market involves blockholders, while the second is a lending market of institutions (i.e., banks and insurers). Unlike investment...

This study assesses the credit rating migration risk and interconnectedness among bank-to-listed firms and insurer-to-listed firms in Japan's corporate lending market during the fiscal years 2008-2015. The study uses outstanding lending data with borrowers and lenders names to conduct a...