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Default Risk, Firm Characteristics, and the Valuation of Variable-Rate Debt Instruments

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  • Abolhassan Jalilvand
  • Tae H. Park

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This paper extends the valuation framework developed by Ramaswamy and Sundaresan (1986) to examine the relationship between the risk premium on corporate issues of variable-rate, or floating-rate, debt instruments, and the issuer's risk of default. The investor's expected loss on default of any issue is modeled as a call option written on the stochastic values of future bond payments and the firm's value. Evidence from a sample of 154 U.S. corporate floaters issued over the period 1978 to 1991 shows that investors demand significantly lower risk premiums when positive and large correlations between the issuing firm's operating cash flows and index interest rates are present. There is also evidence concerning the existence of some structural differences in risk premiums based on the issuer's industry and the types of indices used. The impact of callability / puttability and several other market and firm-specific variables are also tested.

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  • Abolhassan Jalilvand & Tae H. Park, 1994. "Default Risk, Firm Characteristics, and the Valuation of Variable-Rate Debt Instruments," Financial Management, Financial Management Association, vol. 23(2), Summer.
    • Handle: RePEc:fma:fmanag:jalilvand94
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