Corporate Yield Spreads: Default Risk or Liquidity? New Evidence from the Credit Default Swap Market

Articles
  1. Poor
  2. Satisfactory
  3. Good
  4. Very Good
  5. Excellent

Be the first. (0 ratings)

Log in to rate this article.

CFA Digest
February 2006 | Vol. 36 | No. 1 | 2 pages
Source: CFA Institute
Francis A. Longstaff, CFA Sanjay Mithal Eric Neis
Christopher J. Sullivan, CFA (Reviewer)

Read

Abstract

The authors use bond prices and credit default swap premiums to determine the composition of corporate yield spreads. Although default risk accounts for most of the spread, there is also a significant time-varying nondefault component directly related to liquidity effects. The results extend earlier research that considers the market price of credit risk to be higher than implied by select structural models.

View more information

Topics
Fixed Income
    :
  • Analysis of Credit Risk
|
Portfolio Management
    :
  • Fixed-Income Portfolio Management Strategies
Credits · About the CE Program
0 CE (including 0 SER) Manage CE Credits

People who viewed this page also viewed:

Webcasts/Podcasts

China's 12th Five-Year Plan

Alexander Van Kemenade discusses China's 12th five-year plan, which includes higher efficiency in the use of energy, water, and carbon ... More

Publications

Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report

The "Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report" is a comprehensive study of world wealth that analyzes the world’s entire 200 trillion ... More

Publications

Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook

This Databook displays the detailed dataset backing the "Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report," the comprehensive study of world ... More

Loading ...