Are bond ratings informative? Evidence from regulatory regime changes

The Dodd–Frank Act (Section 939B) enacted in 2010 repealed the exemption of credit rating agencies (CRAs) from Regulation Fair Disclosure. Testing whether CRAs continue to provide new information to the market after the repeal, the authors find that the significant prerepeal stock price responses to...

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Main Authors: EDERINGTON, Louis H., GOH, Jeremy C., LEE, Yen Teik, YANG, Lisa Zongfei
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-74362021-04-15T07:17:58Z Are bond ratings informative? Evidence from regulatory regime changes EDERINGTON, Louis H. GOH, Jeremy C. LEE, Yen Teik YANG, Lisa Zongfei The Dodd–Frank Act (Section 939B) enacted in 2010 repealed the exemption of credit rating agencies (CRAs) from Regulation Fair Disclosure. Testing whether CRAs continue to provide new information to the market after the repeal, the authors find that the significant prerepeal stock price responses to rating changes disappear after the regime change. Bond price reactions, however, remain significant. These results are even more significant at the investment–speculative boundary. Evidence suggests that CRAs served as a conduit for transmitting private information before the repeal and that the continued bond price reactions are likely due to regulations favoring higher-rated bonds. 2019-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6437 info:doi/10.3905/jfi.2019.29.1.006 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7436/viewcontent/Are_bond_ratings_informative_sv.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Fixed income and structured finance information providers/credit ratings Finance and Financial Management Portfolio and Security Analysis
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
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Singapore
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topic Fixed income and structured finance
information providers/credit ratings
Finance and Financial Management
Portfolio and Security Analysis
spellingShingle Fixed income and structured finance
information providers/credit ratings
Finance and Financial Management
Portfolio and Security Analysis
EDERINGTON, Louis H.
GOH, Jeremy C.
LEE, Yen Teik
YANG, Lisa Zongfei
Are bond ratings informative? Evidence from regulatory regime changes
description The Dodd–Frank Act (Section 939B) enacted in 2010 repealed the exemption of credit rating agencies (CRAs) from Regulation Fair Disclosure. Testing whether CRAs continue to provide new information to the market after the repeal, the authors find that the significant prerepeal stock price responses to rating changes disappear after the regime change. Bond price reactions, however, remain significant. These results are even more significant at the investment–speculative boundary. Evidence suggests that CRAs served as a conduit for transmitting private information before the repeal and that the continued bond price reactions are likely due to regulations favoring higher-rated bonds.
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author EDERINGTON, Louis H.
GOH, Jeremy C.
LEE, Yen Teik
YANG, Lisa Zongfei
author_facet EDERINGTON, Louis H.
GOH, Jeremy C.
LEE, Yen Teik
YANG, Lisa Zongfei
author_sort EDERINGTON, Louis H.
title Are bond ratings informative? Evidence from regulatory regime changes
title_short Are bond ratings informative? Evidence from regulatory regime changes
title_full Are bond ratings informative? Evidence from regulatory regime changes
title_fullStr Are bond ratings informative? Evidence from regulatory regime changes
title_full_unstemmed Are bond ratings informative? Evidence from regulatory regime changes
title_sort are bond ratings informative? evidence from regulatory regime changes
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2019
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6437
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