Abstract
I show that dealer behavior in the US corporate bond market is consistent with dealers bearing a time-varying cost of holding inventory. Liquidity is worse when inventory costs increase, especially for bonds with lower credit ratings, customers with lower bargaining power, and larger trades. When inventory costs increase, dealers sell more high yield bonds, but sell less investment grade, suggesting a flight to quality. Inventory costs don't affect dealers' trades immediately unwound in the inter-dealer market, but do affect the rate at which these trades occur, as dealers' willingness and ability to risk-share in the inter-dealer market change.
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