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How Do Bond Specific, Firm Specific And Macroeconomic Factors Influence Corporate Credit Spreads?, Michael Mayberger

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The recession of 2008-2009 showcased the critical role that the corporate bond market plays in providing firms with access to capital, a role reflected by a 300% increase in corporate bonds issued from $600 billion issued in 2007 to $1.8 trillion issued in 2012. In this study, I investigate the bond specific, firm specific and macroeconomic factors that explain the change in corporate credit spreads within the Consumer Staples industry between 2005 and 2013. The results show that the firm specific variables, debt and total assets, have the largest impact on the corporate credit spreads. However, there is a weaker …

Mary Beth Phillips, Mary E. Phillips, Abigail Szunyogh 2014

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Mary Beth Phillips worked at IWU for 27 years. In that time she served as Administrative Assistant for three different Presidents and for two of the Vice Presidents for Business and Finance.

Her stories include the office's role in the campus building projects during her tenure and the changes she's seen to campus's connection to the Methodist Church.

Sweeney '14 Named Outstanding Marketing Student, Danielle Kamp

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