Intra-industry transfer effects of credit risk news: Rated versus unrated rivals |
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| Institution: | 1. University Rey Juan Carlos, Paseo Artilleros s/n, 28032, Madrid, Spain;2. Santalucía and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain;3. Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico, Spain;1. Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Bristol, Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TN, United Kingdom;2. Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, AMBS Building, Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB, United Kingdom;1. School of Finance, Nankai University, Tianjin, China;2. Department of Finance and Economics, School of Business, Rutgers University, Janice H. Levin Building, Rockefeller Rd., Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA;3. Providence University and PAIR Labs, Taiwan;1. Shenzhen Audencia Business School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China;2. Audencia Business School, Nantes, 44300, France;3. Department of Finance, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA;4. Department of Accounting, College of Business, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 94132, USA;1. Southampton Business School, UK;2. University of Rome III, Italy & Middlesex University, UK;3. Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia;1. Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Banking, Manchester, M15 6BH, United Kingdom;2. Lancaster University Management School, Department of Accounting and Finance, Lancaster, LA1 4YX, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | We examine the information transfer effect of bond-rating adjustments on industry rivals. Our research is based on the premise that the transfer effect is influenced by the rated status of rivals, i.e., whether the rival’s debt is rated by any credit rating agency. The results reveal that credit rating adjustments induce different/stronger effects. First, the intra-industry transfer effects (on returns and risk) are stronger on rated rivals than on unrated rivals. Second, the credit risk news produces lower co-movements between the returns of the two types of rivals. Third, the differential effect is stronger in the manufacturing industry, in the riskiest industries and in the industries with the lowest competition levels. Interestingly, our results suggest that credit rating news is more relevant for rivals with access to the public debt market (such as re-rated firms) than for rivals that focus on other sources of funding. |
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| Keywords: | Intra-industry transfer effects Rated and unrated rivals Credit rating events Returns Systematic (beta) risk G12 G14 G24 |
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