This paper investigates the effect of market and liquidity risks on corporate
bond pricing in Turkey, an emerging market, and in Europe. Results show that
corporate bond returns have exposure to liquidity factors and not to market
factors in both settings. Corporate bonds issued in Turkey have significant
exposure to fluctuations in benchmark treasury bond liquidity and corporate
bond market liquidity; while corporate bonds issued in Eurozone have
exposure to equity market liquidity and are sensitive to fluctuations in a
10-year generic government bond liquidity. The total estimated liquidity
risk premium is 0.7% per annum for Turkish ?A? and above graded corporate
bonds, and 1.08% for the last investment grade level (BBB-) long term bonds.
For Eurozone, the total liquidity risk premium is 0.27% for investment grade
5-10 year term bonds, 1.05% for high-yield 1-5 year term bonds and 1.02% for
high-yield 5-10 year term category.
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