Default swaps and hedging credit baskets [PDF]
We investigate the pricing of basket credit derivatives and their hedging with single name credit default swaps (CDS) based on a model for the joint dynamics of the fair CDS spreads.
Schmidt, Wolfgang M.
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Pricing default swaps: empirical evidence [PDF]
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., Vorst, A.C.F.
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Subprime Mortgage Defaults and Credit Default Swaps
The Journal of Finance, 2012 ABSTRACTWe offer the first empirical evidence on the adverse effect of credit default swap (CDS) coverage on subprime mortgage defaults. Using a large database of privately securitized mortgages, we find that higher defaults concentrate in mortgage pools with concurrent CDS coverage, and within these pools the loans originated after or shortly before ...
Eric Arentsen +4 more
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The cost of counterparty risk and collateralization in longevity swaps [PDF]
Derivative longevity risk solutions, such as bespoke and indexed longevity swaps, allow pension schemes and annuity providers to swap out longevity risk, but introduce counterparty credit risk, which can be mitigated if not fully eliminated by ...
Biffis, Enrico +3 more
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An Extended Structural Credit Risk Model (forthcoming in the Icfai Journal of Financial Risk Management; all copyrights rest with the Icfai University Press) [PDF]
This paper presents an extended structural credit risk model that pro- vides closed form solutions for fixed and floating coupon bonds and credit default swaps. This structural model is an "extended" one in the following sense.
Marco Realdon
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Look up and ahead: How climate scenarios affect European sovereign credit risk
International Review of Economics & FinanceWe provide empirical evidence on the potential evolution of future climate-related impacts on sovereign credit risk in Europe, measured through sovereign Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads and risk-neutral implied probabilities of default.
Luca De Angelis +2 more
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An Empirical Comparison of Default Swap Pricing Models [PDF]
, 2001 : 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 ...
Houweling, P. (Patrick) +1 more
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Sovereign Credit Default Swap and Stock Markets in Central and Eastern European Countries: Are Feedback Effects at Work? [PDF]
Entropy (Basel), 2020 Anton SG, Afloarei Nucu AE.
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The pricing of risk in European credit and corporate bond markets [PDF]
This paper investigates the determinants of the default risk premia embedded in the European credit default swap spreads. Using a modified version of the intertemporal capital asset pricing model, we show that default risk premia represent compensation ...
Berndt, Antje, Obreja, Iulian
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Restructuring Risk in Credit Default Swaps: An Empirical Analysis [PDF]
This paper estimates the price for restructuring risk in the U.S. corporate bond market during 1999-2005. Comparing quotes from default swap (CDS) contracts with a restructuring event and without, we find that the average premium for restructuring risk ...
Antje Berndt +2 more
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