We propose a method to extract the risk-neutral distribution of firm-specific stock returns using both options and credit default swaps (CDS). Options and CDS provide information about the central part and the left tail of the distribution, respectively. Together but not in isolation, options...

We study how the credit desk profitability of U.S. dealers that trade corporate bonds and single-name credit default swaps (CDS) affects the level and correlation of liquidity in these two markets. Supervisory datasets allow us to identify the dealers involved in each transaction and to observe...

We propose a method to extract individual firms' risk-neutral return distributions by combining options and credit default swaps (CDS). Options provide information about the central part of the distribution, and CDS anchor the left tail. Jointly, options and CDS span the intermediate part of the...