The Effect of Junk Bond Defaults on Common Stock Returns

Joseph Vu ()

The Financial Review, 1998, vol. 33, issue 4, 47-60

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of junk bond defaults on common stock returns. The evidence indicates that stockholders uncover the signs of financial distress long before the default date. Stock prices fall sharply at the time of the default announcement. Although stocks of fallen angel sample recover slowly and steadily after the default announcement, stocks of the original-issue junk bond sample continue to decline. On average, bankrupt firms suffer larger negative stock returns than defaulted firms not only at the time of announcement, but also in both pre- and post-event periods. Copyright 1998 by MIT Press.

Date: 1998
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