RT Report T1 Risk and returns around bond rating changes: New evidence from the Spanish Stock Market A1 Abad Romero, Pilar A1 Robles Fernández, María Dolores AB This study analyzes the effect of corporate bond rating changes over stock prices. We explore the effects over excess of returns and systematic risk. Rating changes by Moody´s, Standard and Poor´sor FitchIBCA are analyzed. On an efficient market, these changes will omly have some effect if they contain some new information or if they are associated to a redistribution of dummy approach. Our results indicate that rating downgrades do not cause abnormal returns around the date of the announcement while upgrades cause significantly negative effect. PB Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico. Universidad Complutense de Madrid YR 2005 FD 2005 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/56625 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/56625 LA eng DS Docta Complutense RD 7 abr 2025