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This paper addresses the relationship between stock markets and credit default swaps (CDS) markets. In particular, I aim to gauge if the co-movement between stock prices and sovereign CDS spreads increases with the deterioration of the credit quality of sovereign debt. The analysis of...
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In this paper we focus on a fundamental practical issue regarding the bilateral counterparty risk adjustment. The past literature assumes that, at the moment of the first default, a risk-free closeout amount will be used. The closeout amount is the net present value of the residual deal which is...
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This paper examines how liquidity in two actively traded futures markets was affected by the recent financial crisis … withdrawal of liquidity from Eurodollar futures markets, yet a far more muted response in the S&P 500 index futures contract. A … deeper investigation into high-frequency trading strategies finds that prior to the crisis, liquidity additions and …
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correlate positively to calendar spread liquidity and constraints on intermediation capital. The strategy delivers low … risk. This rebalancing creates predictable demand for liquidity. We also apply the strategy to a group of commodities not …
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-horizon return predictability as an inverse indicator of market efficiency. We find a strong relationship between liquidity and … trading carbon futures and during periods of low liquidity. Since the start of trading in Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading …
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The study examines the impact of liquidity risk on freight derivatives returns. The Amihud liquidity ratio and bid …-ask spreads are utilized to assess the existence of liquidity risk in the freight derivatives market. Other macroeconomic … variables are used to control for market risk. Results indicate that liquidity risk is priced and both liquidity measures have a …
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We study the risk of holding credit default swaps (CDS) in the trading book. In particular, we compare the Value at Risk (VaR) of a CDS position to the VaR for investing in the respective firm's equity. Our sample consists of CDS – stock price pairs for 86 actively traded firms over the period...
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significant changes in U.S. money market liquidity. We develop a model in which U.S. money market spreads respond to foreign … central banks’ exchange-rate management decisions. Foreign central banks remove liquidity from U.S. money markets and cause … spreads to widen by selling Treasuries to supply liquidity to their financial systems. Our analysis focuses on the major oil …
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A standard repurchase agreement between two counterparties is considered to examine the endogenous choice of collateral assets, the feasibility of secured lending, and welfare implications of the central bank’s collateral framework. As an important innovation, we allow for two-sided...
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