Return Predictability in Corporate Bond Market Along the Supply Chain

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Long Chen

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business; Luohan Academy

Gaiyan Zhang

University of Missouri at St. Louis - College of Business Administration

Weina Zhang

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN)

Date Written: November 4, 2015

Abstract

We explore how efficiently new information transmits along the supply chain in corporate bond market. We find a strong predictability of the lagged bond returns of customers for related firm- and industry-level future bond returns. This is likely due to investors’ inattention to cash-flow related news along the supply chain. Moreover, the lagged bond returns of suppliers only predict the future bond returns of those firms that have less bargaining power. Overall, our results suggest that information along the supply chain travels more gradually in the bond market than the stock market.

Keywords: Corporate Bonds; Cash Flow; Credit Rating; Credit Risk; Earnings; Information; Supply Chain; Return Predictability

JEL Classification: G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Chen, Long and Chen, Long and Zhang, Gaiyan and Zhang, Weina, Return Predictability in Corporate Bond Market Along the Supply Chain (November 4, 2015). Journal of Financial Markets, June 2016, Vol 29, 66-86, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2427136 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2427136

Long Chen

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Gaiyan Zhang

University of Missouri at St. Louis - College of Business Administration ( email )

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Weina Zhang (Contact Author)

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) ( email )

Singapore

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