GASB mandatory disclosure rules and municipal bond yield spreads
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DOI: 10.1007/s11156-016-0594-9
Abstract: The implementation of the Government Accounting Standards Board’s Statement 45 mandates disclosure of “other post-employment benefits” (OPEB) in a standardized format. The mandate provides an opportunity to analyze noninformation impacts of mandatory disclosures, as key… read more here.
Keywords: mandatory disclosure; yield spreads; disclosure rules; gasb mandatory ... See more keywords
The predictive strength of MBS yield spreads during asset bubbles
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DOI: 10.1007/s11156-020-00888-8
Abstract: We examine whether the predictive power of initial yield spreads of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) vary with the financial cycle. Using a cross-country sample of 4203 MBS, we find that initial yield spreads of MBS incorporate… read more here.
Keywords: initial yield; asset; predictive strength; yield spreads ... See more keywords
Convergence patterns in sovereign bond yield spreads : evidence from the Euro Area
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2017.03.002
Abstract: This study examines the convergence patterns of Euro Area (EA) 17 countries’ sovereign bond yield spreads (relative to German bund) over the period of March 2002 to December 2015, by employing the convergence algorithm developed… read more here.
Keywords: bond; yield spreads; sovereign bond; bond yield ... See more keywords
Investment Commonality across Insurance Companies: Fire Sale Risk and Corporate Yield Spreads
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022109018001515
Abstract: Insurance companies often follow highly correlated investment strategies. As major investors in corporate bonds, their investment commonalities subject investors to fire sale risk when regulatory restrictions prompt widespread divestment of a bond following a rating… read more here.
Keywords: fire sale; yield spreads; sale risk; insurance companies ... See more keywords
Principal component regression in GAMLSS applied to Greek–German government bond yield spreads
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DOI: 10.1177/1471082x211022980
Abstract: A solution to the problem of having to deal with a large number of interrelated explanatory variables within a generalized additive model for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) is given here using as an example… read more here.
Keywords: bond yield; gamlss; yield spreads; german government ... See more keywords