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...

This paper elucidates the importance of the information content of text information from public sources, including newspapers and corporate filings, has for credit market investors. We adopted news coverage and news tone to quantify text information from news articles. We captured the...

This paper aims to explore strategies used for hedging credit default swap (CDS) risks. By analyzing the AIG financial crisis in 2008, we understand the nature of CDS and why AIG incurred huge losses. In addition, we investigate other financial products that can be used to hedge CDS risks....