The Role of Default Risk in Determining the Market Reaction to Debt Announcements

Ronald W Best

The Financial Review, 1997, vol. 32, issue 1, 87-105

Abstract: The stock price reaction to straight debt announcements is examined by differentiating firms on the basis of any subsequent change in their overall default risk. Results indicate that firms that will within six months of straight debt announcements undergo debt rating downgrades experience significant negative abnormal stock returns at the time of the new debt announcement, while firms with bond ratings that are later upgraded exhibit significant positive abnormal returns. Multiple regression analysis shows these results to be robust to the influence of filing size, tax shield effects, relative pre-announcement long-term debt levels, and subordination effects. Copyright 1997 by MIT Press.

Date: 1997
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