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Do Investors’ Site Visits Improve Bond Market Pricing Efficiency? —An Empirical Study from the Secondary Bond Market

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  • Haoyang Li
  • Jiaxin Hu
  • Lidong Zheng
  • Lin Han

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Taking bonds issued by A-share companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2020 as a sample, this paper explores the effect of corporate site visits on bond trading spreads. The study finds that the more investors visit a given firm, the lower the trading spreads of bonds issued by that firm, and this phenomenon is more pronounced in companies with greater information asymmetry or agency conflicts. Further research shows that investors evaluate the financial status of the company more accurately through site visits and reduce irrational decisions caused by information uncertainty. Consequently, site visits reduce the financing gap caused by macroeconomic factors. The results show that personal communication between investors and listed companies could provide effective information for bond investors and reduce their information risk. This paper expands the existing research on issues related to secondary bond market pricing and investors’ site visits and provides important empirical evidence for regulators to use to further optimize the bond market disclosure system to reduce information asymmetry.

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  • Haoyang Li & Jiaxin Hu & Lidong Zheng & Lin Han, 2025. "Do Investors’ Site Visits Improve Bond Market Pricing Efficiency? —An Empirical Study from the Secondary Bond Market," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 61(4), pages 1049-1065, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:61:y:2025:i:4:p:1049-1065
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2024.2391330
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