Firm political contributions are associated with lower credit default swap spreads for contributing firms. To address endogeneity, we employ novel instruments and use a set of exogenous events on campaign contribution restrictions: (a) the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)...

This chapter explains how the main types of credit derivatives work and how they are valued. Central to the valuation of credit derivatives is an estimation of the probability that reference entities will default. The chapter discusses both the risk-neutral probabilities of default implied from...

Kredit und Kreditrisiko -- Kreditderivate -- Der Credit Default Swap (CDS) -- Externes Rating, CDS und Informationseffi zienz -- Asymmetrische Informationsverteilung am CDS-Markt -- CDS-, Anleihe- und Aktienmarkt -- Empirische Untersuchung zum Zusammenhang des CDS— und Aktienmarktes sowie zur...