This is an examination of the determinants of corporate bond credit spreads using both primary and secondary market spreads for Tunisian corporate bonds. The factors which I use as explanatory variables in our estimations can be divided into three categories: market variables, issue and issuer...

This study conducts an empirical examination of the impact of market conditions on credit spreads motivated by recently developed structural credit risk models. Using corporate credit spreads, we find that macroeconomic conditions mainly affect low rated bonds. In particular, the CPI and yield...

This study conducts an empirical examination of the impact of market conditions on credit spreads motivated by recently developed structural credit risk models. Using corporate credit spreads, we find that macroeconomic conditions mainly affect low rated bonds. In particular, the CPI and yield...