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title: Corporate Refinancing and Bond Returns
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4749327/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4749327
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4749327
featured: 2024-03-06
citations: unknown
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
---


# Corporate Refinancing and Bond Returns

The paper reveals that the urgency of refinancing maturing debt can increase future corporate bond returns, particularly during periods of high default and liquidity risk.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4749327
- Identifier: SSRN 4749327
- Released: 2024-02-08
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 39 (2024-03-06): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-03-06/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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