Issue Frequency and Corporate Bond Yields

36 Pages Posted: 7 Jul 2006

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Abe de Jong

Monash University; University of Groningen; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Willem Schramade

Nyenrode Business University

Peter Roosenboom

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

Date Written: June 22, 2006

Abstract

This paper finds that frequent bond issuers get significantly better pricing than infrequent issuers, with yield spread discounts of up to 117 basispoints. We document firms' bond issue frequencies for windows from one week to six years before the current issue and relate them to yield spreads. For very large firms, issue frequency in windows up to one year matters most, which is consistent with benefits through increasing market literacy. Reputation acquisition seems more relevant for regular firms, as it is beneficial for them to be a recent issuer. The results suggest there is a firm-specific optimal issue frequency.

Keywords: yields, bonds, security issuing

JEL Classification: G20, G24, G30

Suggested Citation

de Jong, Abe and Schramade, Willem and Roosenboom, Peter, Issue Frequency and Corporate Bond Yields (June 22, 2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=912505 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.912505

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