Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153234 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 800
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper presents empirical evidence that the corporate bond market is forward looking with respect to volatility. I use the Merton (1974) model to calculate a measure of implied volatility from corporate bond yield spreads. I find that corporate bond transaction prices contain substantial information about future volatility: When predicting future volatility in a regression model, implied volatility comes in significantly and increases the R2 when added to historical volatility. Consistent with this finding, single stock option implied volatility helps explain the variation in bond yield spreads when included together with historical volatility.
Subjects: 
corporate bond spreads
Equity
implied volatility
Merton model
JEL: 
G12
G13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.