Impact of Credit Rating on the Bond Market Based on TIC Model

Abstract

Although China’s bond market is expanding quickly and on a bigger scale than the stock market, it still faces a number of issues. One issue that restricts its long-term development is the relatively small scale of credit bonds. For the growth of credit bonds, it is necessary to boost the credit rating market first. In this study, it is assumed that the higher the credit rating of the bonds, the lower the issue cost will be. To prove this hypothesis, an empirical analysis has been made herein on the influence of credit ratings on the bond floatation market.