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title: Corporate Bond Pricing: Implications of Institutional Demand
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4550658/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4550658
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4550658
featured: 2023-08-30
citations: unknown
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
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# Corporate Bond Pricing: Implications of Institutional Demand

Implications of Institutional Demand: The research indicates that corporate bond pricing is significantly affected by institutional demand, with different institutions having different preferences for maturity credit risk and liquidity.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4550658
- Identifier: SSRN 4550658
- Released: 2021-01-15
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 14 (2023-08-30): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-08-30/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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