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Credit Default Swaps around the World [PDF]
The Review of Financial Studies, 2020 Abstract We analyze the impact of the introduction of credit default swaps (CDSs) on real decision-making within the firm. Our structural model predicts that CDS introduction increases debt capacity more when uncertainty about the credit events that trigger CDS payment is lower.
Bartram, Söhnke M. +3 more
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Credit Default Swap Auctions [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 The rapid growth of the credit default swap (CDS) market and the increased number of defaults in recent years have led to major changes in the way CDS contracts are settled when default occurs. Auctions are increasingly the mechanism used to settle these contracts, replacing physical transfers of defaulted bonds between CDS sellers and buyers.
Jean Helwege +3 more
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Finance and Economics Discussion Series, 2005 Credit default swaps (CDS) are the most common type of credit derivative. This paper provides a brief history of the CDS market and discusses its main characteristics. After describing the basic mechanics of a CDS, I present a simple valuation framework that focuses on the relationship between conditions in the cash and CDS markets as well as an ...
Lei Meng, Owain AP Gwilym
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Endogenous trading in credit default swaps [PDF]
Decisions in Economics and Finance, 2015 We introduce a real options model in order to quantify the moral hazard impact of credit default swap (CDS) positions on the corporate default probabilities. Moral hazard is widely addressed in the insurance literature, where the insured agent may become less cautious about preventing the risk from occurring.
Chesney, Marc +2 more
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Are Credit Default Swaps Credit Default Insurances?
Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR), 2014 No, they are not. Although they exhibit similar cash flow patterns (economic perspective) this article argues that from a legal, accounting and regulatory perspective credit default swaps (CDS) are not considered to be an insurance contract. The protection buyer of a CDS is eligible to obtain the compensation without suffering any loss (and potentially
Christian Schmaltz, Periklis Thivaios
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Being Naked - et Quo hinc?: Developing a ‘Skin-in-the-Game’ Solution for Credit Default Swaps
International Journal of Financial Studies, 2022 A credit default swap (CDS) is a derivative financial instrument that provides insurance against credit risk. CDSs on subprime Asset Backed Securities (ABSs) paved the way for securitizers to hedge the credit risk of the underlying subprime loans during ...
Shanuka Senarath +4 more
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Credit Default Swaps and Firm Cyclicality
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2023 AbstractWe find firm cyclicality decreases by 40% after the inception of credit default swap (CDS) trading. The effect stems from CDS firms’ less aggressive asset growth in good times and is stronger for firms facing a more severe empty creditor problem. Important identification issues are addressed.
Lars Norden, Chao Yin, Lei Zhao
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Persistence of Bank Credit Default Swap Spreads
Risks, 2019 Credit default swap (CDS) spreads measure the default risk of the reference entity and have been frequently used in recent empirical papers. To provide a rigorous econometrics foundation for empirical CDS analysis, this paper applies the augmented Dickey&
Xin Huang
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Sovereign credit default swaps and the macroeconomy [PDF]
Applied Economics Letters, 2011 The aim of this study is to determine whether the domestic interest rate or the exchange rate affect the sovereign credit default swaps. To date most studies on corporate CDS markets have emphasised the importance of domestic factors such as the interest rate.
Liu, Yang, Morley, Bruce
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CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS IN THE MECHANISM OF REDISTRIBUTION OF CREDIT RISK
Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Економіка, 2015 In the article the economic nature and the functioning of CDS in terms of efficient redistribution of credit risk. The features of the dynamics of the nominal volume of the world market CDS, the gross market value and net market value of the CDS.
O. Solodka
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