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We show that liquidity risk is priced in the cross section of returns on credit default swaps (CDSs). We measure CDS … constituents' CDS spreads, and we construct a tradable liquidity factor from returns on index arbitrage strategies. CDS contracts … CDS spreads; on average, liquidity risk accounts for 24% of CDS spreads. Consistent with recent models of intermediary …
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Using a novel and comprehensive dataset, we provide the first systematic study of liquidity in the foreign exchange (FX) market. Contrary to common perceptions, we find significant variation in liquidity across exchange rates, substantial costs due to FX illiquidity, and strong commonality in...
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Traditional liquidity measures can provide a false impression of the liquidity and stability of financial market trading. Using data on auctions (bids wanted in competition; BWICs) from the collateralized loan obligation (CLO) market, we show that a standard measure of liquidity, the effective...
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The effective functioning of the municipal bond market is crucial for the provision of public services, as it is the largest capital market for state and municipal issuers. Prior research has documented tax, credit, liquidity, and segmentation effects in municipal bonds. Recent regulatory...
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captured by their CDS. The involvement of foreign investors leads to a significant increase in the target firms' CDS spreads …
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-section of equity and particularly sovereign CDS market. The effect is strongest for emerging markets, when the FED relaxes …
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We find that the degree and dynamics of sovereign bond market integration across 21 developed and 18 emerging countries is significantly heterogeneous. We show that better spanning can significantly enhance market integration through dissipating local risk premiums. Integration of the sovereign...
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Following the 2008 financial crisis, regulation mandates the clearing of the CDS market through Central Clearing …-mediated contagion and its amplification. A novel spatial measure captures the covariance between members' CDS holdings and the CDS being … unwound. Key results show: Liquidations by constrained members lower the CCP's profits and make cds-spreads less informative …
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, are associated with a significant CDS spread widening. However, this widening only occurs for banks that are not perceived …
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Recent regulation mandating the clearing of credit default swaps (CDS) by a Central Clearing Counterparties (CCP), has …
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