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Municipal Bond Trading and Political Scandals

Brittany Cole, Bonnie Van Ness and Robert Van Ness
The Journal of Investing August 2020, joi.2020.1.139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/joi.2020.1.139
Brittany Cole
is an assistant professor of Finance at Tennessee Tech University
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Bonnie Van Ness
is the holder of the Otho Smith Professorship of Finance at the University of Mississippi
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Robert Van Ness
is the Bruce Moore Scholar of Finance at the University of Mississippi
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We study municipal bond trading activity before, during, and after announcements of government officials’ misconduct. Using a sample of over 39,000,000 bond trades from January 2006 to December 2013 in nearly 500,000 bonds, we find that spreads are higher on initial news announcement, indictment announcement, and trial verdict announcement days than other trading days. Spreads remain elevated for five trading days following these announcements. We also find that large bond trades account for the majority of price discovery on announcement days. Overall, our results establish a link between government officials’ misconduct and municipal bond markets.

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  • • This article examines how municipal bond traders react to news regarding potential wrongdoing by government officials.

  • • We examine news announcements regarding the misconduct of state officials, and the effect that might have on municipal bond trading. We find that when there is a news announcement related to the misconduct or wrongdoing of a government official, the average municipal bond trade size is increases.

  • • We find that municipal bond spreads increase on news related to potential miscount of state officials.

  • • We find that price discovery in municipal bonds occurs more in larger size trades when news related to potential miscount of state officials is revealed.

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Brittany Cole, Bonnie Van Ness, Robert Van Ness
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