Fallen Angels and Price Pressure

Ambrose, Brent W.; Cai, Kelly Nianyun; Helwege, Jean

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1405490

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Fallen Angels and Price Pressure

https://doi.org/10.3905/jfi.2012.2012.1.012

Posted: 21 May 2019

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Kelly Nianyun Cai

University of Michigan at Dearborn - School of Management

Jean Helwege

UC Riverside

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Date Written: May 26, 2011

Abstract

We examine price pressure in a setting where trades occur because of regulations. Our study of fallen angel bond sales by insurance companies shows that price pressure is not significantly different from zero when information effects are absent. Our results confirm the prediction of several theoretical models that sellers will benefit from a higher price when they are able to separate themselves out to dealers as uninformed. We find that insurers do not attempt to hide their trades by selling bonds before they are downgraded, consistent with following a strategy of sunshine trading, as in Admati and Pfleiderer (1991).

Keywords: Price Pressure, Sunshine Trading, Informed Trader, Fallen Angel Bonds, Insurance Companies

JEL Classification: G10, G12

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Ambrose, Brent W. and Cai, Kelly Nianyun and Helwege, Jean, Fallen Angels and Price Pressure (May 26, 2011). https://doi.org/10.3905/jfi.2012.2012.1.012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1405490 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1405490