Monetary policy and corporate bond yield spreads

David Beckworth (), Kenneth Moon and J. Holland Toles

Applied Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 17, issue 12, 1139-1144

Abstract: Firm characteristics, economic conditions and policy regimes are the key determinants that most researchers have used to explain corporate bond yield spreads. In this article, we examine whether monetary policy shocks are also important determinants given their ability to affect default risk, risk aversion and liquidity premiums. Using a Vector Autoregression (VAR) with long-run monetary neutrality, we find that monetary policy shocks do, in fact, account for a large portion of the variation in corporate bond yield spreads.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/00036840902845368

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