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Pricing default swaps: empirical evidence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In this paper we compare market prices of credit default swaps with model prices. We show that a simple reduced form model with a constant recovery rate outperforms the market practice of directly comparing bonds' credit spreads to default swap premiums.
Houweling, P. (Patrick)   +1 more
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What if Adam Smith Debated an AI Economist: A Thought Experiment on Markets, Ethics, and the Invisible Hand

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can AI‐driven capitalism sustain the moral preconditions of market order? We stage a dialogue between Adam Smith and a steel‐manned “EconAI” to test four Moral‐Market‐Fitness criteria: trustworthiness, fairness, non‐domination, and contestability, across 11 dilemmas.
Alexandra‐Codruța Bîzoi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Credit Derivatives Pricing with a Smile-Extended Jump Stochastic Intensity Model [PDF]

open access: yes
We present a two-factor stochastic default intensity and interest rate model for pricing single-name default swaptions. The specific positive square root processes considered fall in the relatively tractable class of affine jump diffusions while allowing
Damiano Brigo, Naoufel El-Bachir
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Serial dependence in time perception requires consistent motor responses, not shared memory alone

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Serial dependence—the bias from recent experience on present response—has been attributed to shared memory representations, yet previous studies yielded contradictory findings about whether consistent motor responses are required. To address this debate in time perception, we tested whether serial dependence emerges when tasks share identical ...
Jiao Wu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Major Customers Affect Firms' Environmental, Social and Governance Activities?

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the role of major customers in shaping firms' environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. We find that firms with major customer relationships undertake fewer ESG activities compared to those without such ties. The association is attenuated when institutional ownership is high, firms are less diversified, customers exhibit
Feng Dong   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Credit Default Swap Framework

open access: yes, 2022
This article presents a framework for valuing a credit default swap (CDS) contract by taking counterparty credit risk into account. There are three sources of credit risk in CDS: the buyer, seller and reference entity. Our analysis shows that the effect of default dependencies on a CDS premium from large to small accordingly is i) the default ...
openaire   +1 more source

A Theory of the Boundaries of Banks With Implications for Financial Integration and Regulation

open access: yesFinancial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We offer a theory of the “boundary of the firm” that is tailored to banks, recognizing the relevance of deposit financing and interbank lending as a substitute for integration. It is based on a single inefficiency that has been at the core of banking theory: risk‐shifting incentives in the interest of bank shareholders.
Falko Fecht   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Statement Readability and Firm Debt Choice

open access: yesFinancial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Examining more than 16,000 firm‐year observations in the United States, we provide novel evidence showing that higher financial statement readability leads to a decrease in information asymmetry and the need for external monitoring, thereby reducing the reliance on bank debt relative to public debt.
Wajih Abbassi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Empirical Comparison of Default Swap Pricing Models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
In this paper we compare market prices of credit default swaps with model prices. We showthat a simple reduced form model with a constant recovery rate outperforms the market practice ofdirectly comparing bonds' credit spreads to default swap premiums ...
Houweling, Patrick, Vorst, Ton
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