Credit enhancement and bond rating

Yiming Hu, Ying Yang and Pengfei Han

China Finance Review International, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, 114-130

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the difference of credit enhancement of variously secured bonds issued by local government financing platform bond (LGFPB). Design/methodology/approach - The approaches to secure the bonds usually include mortgage, collateral, guarantee, etc. Findings - Using a sample of LGFPBs issued during the 2007-2013 period, the authors find that all of the approaches to secure the bonds would increase the bond rating and that compounded approaches have a higher credit enhancement effect than single approaches. Among these approaches, the requirement of collateral has the strongest enhancement effect. Moreover, the authors find that the guarantee provided by a state-owned bank or enterprise increases the bond rating more than the guarantee provided by other local government financing platforms. Research limitations/implications - The findings in this study suggest that the credit enhancement would be deeply affected by the approach used to secure the bond. Practical implications - These results can help the local government make better decisions when issuing bond. Originality/value - This study empirically analyzes the different credit enhancement approaches for securing LGPFBs for the first time and contributes to the literature regarding credit ratings of local government bonds.

Keywords: Credit rating; Credit enhancement; Local government financing platform bond (LGFPB); Secured bond; G28; G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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