The Market for Borrowing Corporate Bonds

This paper describes the market for borrowing corporate bonds using a comprehensive data set from a major lender. The cost of borrowing corporate bonds is comparable to the cost of borrowing stock, between 10 and 20 basis points, and both have fallen over time. Factors that influence borrowing costs...

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Main Authors: Asquith, Paul (Contributor), Au, Andreas S. (Author), Covert, Thomas (Author), Pathak, Parag (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor), Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V., 2012-09-28T14:18:51Z.
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