Bond Yields, Taxes, and the Dimensions of Default Risk

Frank S Skinner

The Financial Review, 1995, vol. 30, issue 4, 739-61

Abstract: This work develops and empirically estimates models of bond yields subject to default risk. Parameters for the probability of survival and the recovery rate subsequent to default are included in a model of corporate bond yields that allow a study of interactions among them. The municipal version of the model includes the tax rate as an additional factor. Empirical evidence is found that supports the notion that both dimensions of default, considered jointly, are related to bond quality. In addition, statistically significant differences in tax rates suggest that higher tax rates are associated with higher grade municipal bonds. Copyright 1995 by MIT Press.

Date: 1995
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