On Estimating the Relation between Corporate Bond Yield Spreads and Treasury Yields
33 Pages Posted: 18 Jun 2002
Date Written: January 2002
Abstract
Using a simple theoretical framework, we issue two warnings with respect to the estimation of the yield spread - riskless rate relation. The first warning relates to Longsta and Schwartz's regression analysis applied to relative yield spreads. The second warning is closely related to Duffee's (1998) caution against interpreting results of yield-spread studies based on data sets, such as that used by Longstaand Schwartz (1995), consisting primarily of callable bonds. We provide strong support for both warnings using a data base of Canadian, investment grade, corporate bond indices containing a unique provision allowing to identify callable and noncallable indices.
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