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The prices of or spread on credit default swaps (CDS) theoretically represent the pure credit risk of a firm. Callen, Livnat and Segal (2007) note that although the CDS premium is related to credit ratings issued by the rating agencies, rather wide variation in CDS spreads are observed for firms...
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likelihood of future bankruptcy. …
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Creditors are increasingly transferring debt cash flow rights to other market participants while retaining control rights. We use the market for credit default swaps (CDSs) as a laboratory to show that such debt decoupling causes large adverse effects on firms whose shareholders have high...
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restructuring or bankruptcy filings and, presumably, should cease to be relevant after the settlements. However, we find that the … for the bankrupt firms with CDS contracts before bankruptcy filings. This CDS effect on recovery rates is more pronounced … for bonds than for loans. The overall evidence is consistent with the view that CDS trigger earlier bankruptcy filings …
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Credit derivatives allow creditors to transfer debt cash flow rights to other market participants while retaining control rights. Theory predicts that this transfer can create empty creditors that do not fully internalize liquidation costs and liquidate borrowers excessively often. This empty...
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Credit default swaps (CDSs) can create empty creditors who potentially force borrowers into inefficient bankruptcy but … evidence confirms that more CDS insurance is written on firms with strong shareholders and that CDSs increase the bankruptcy …
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Credit derivatives give creditors the possibility to transfer debt cash flow rights to other market participants while retaining control rights. We use the market for credit default swaps (CDSs) as a laboratory to show that the real effects of such debt unbundling crucially hinge on shareholder...
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Credit derivatives give creditors the possibility to transfer debt cash flow rights to other market participants while retaining control rights. We use the market for credit default swaps (CDSs) as a laboratory to show that the real effects of such debt unbundling crucially hinge on shareholder...
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the bankruptcy code in Germany, that effectively removes their potential impact on CDS firms. Using a unique dataset on …
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