We examine the impact of individual stock liquidity on corporate bond yield spreads in the U.S. market. By extending the endogenous-default model to include stock liquidity in the calculation of the bond value we show that a drop in stock liquidity will increase the firm's credit risk by...

This study examines the relationship between information disclosures and firm value under different levels of product market competition. Using a unique information rating scheme that draws from 114 measures over five dimensions of information disclosure from 2005 to 2013, we find that firms...