Drivers of Corporate Bond Market Liquidity: Evidence from Pakistan

This study examines the factors that contribute to corporate bond market liquidity using the data of Term Finance Certificates from March 2009 to March 2018. The results of summary statistics indicate that majority of trades are carried out in large issue and high credit rating corporate bonds. The...

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Main Authors: Attiya Yasmin Javid, Waseem Khan
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Language:English
Published: National University of Sciences and Technology 2021-01-01
Series:NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Online Access:https://njssh.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njssh/article/view/36
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description This study examines the factors that contribute to corporate bond market liquidity using the data of Term Finance Certificates from March 2009 to March 2018. The results of summary statistics indicate that majority of trades are carried out in large issue and high credit rating corporate bonds. The regression results indicate that the most important derivers of bond trading volume are the issue size of bond, bond market rating, market interest rate, bond price volatility and equity market conditions. The results of this study lead to the implications that authorities should take steps to improve the bond market in general and promote the flow of trading of these bonds in a centralized way. This will help the policy makers as well as the market participant for making investment decisions.
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spelling doaj-art-4d8561c03afd4b4c8195203556a2d9f12025-08-20T02:06:40ZengNational University of Sciences and TechnologyNUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities2520-503X2523-00262021-01-0151Drivers of Corporate Bond Market Liquidity: Evidence from PakistanAttiya Yasmin JavidWaseem Khan This study examines the factors that contribute to corporate bond market liquidity using the data of Term Finance Certificates from March 2009 to March 2018. The results of summary statistics indicate that majority of trades are carried out in large issue and high credit rating corporate bonds. The regression results indicate that the most important derivers of bond trading volume are the issue size of bond, bond market rating, market interest rate, bond price volatility and equity market conditions. The results of this study lead to the implications that authorities should take steps to improve the bond market in general and promote the flow of trading of these bonds in a centralized way. This will help the policy makers as well as the market participant for making investment decisions. https://njssh.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njssh/article/view/36Corporate bondsliquiditysizecredit ratingprice volatility
spellingShingle Attiya Yasmin Javid
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Drivers of Corporate Bond Market Liquidity: Evidence from Pakistan
NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
Corporate bonds
liquidity
size
credit rating
price volatility
title Drivers of Corporate Bond Market Liquidity: Evidence from Pakistan
title_full Drivers of Corporate Bond Market Liquidity: Evidence from Pakistan
title_fullStr Drivers of Corporate Bond Market Liquidity: Evidence from Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Drivers of Corporate Bond Market Liquidity: Evidence from Pakistan
title_short Drivers of Corporate Bond Market Liquidity: Evidence from Pakistan
title_sort drivers of corporate bond market liquidity evidence from pakistan
topic Corporate bonds
liquidity
size
credit rating
price volatility
url https://njssh.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njssh/article/view/36
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