We study how the market prices the default and liquidity risks incorporated into interest rate swap spreads. We jointly model the Treasury, repo, and swap term structures using a five-factor affine framework and estimate the model by maximum likelihood. The credit spread is driven by a...

This article examines whether there is a flight-to-liquidity premium in Treasury bond prices by comparing them with prices of bonds issued by Refcorp, a U.S. government agency, which are guaranteed by the Treasury. It finds a large liquidity premium in Treasury bonds, which can be more than 15%...