Introduced in 2005 to identify recovery rates and so facilitate cash settlement in the multi-trillion dollar credit default swap market, credit-event auctions have a novel and complex two-stage structure that makes them distinct from other auction forms. Examining the efficacy of the auction's...

Two recent studies have found that the prices at which CDS auctions clear tend to differ substantially from both pre- and post-auction prices of the underlying bonds in the market. IN particular, CDS "sell" auctions appear to result in systematics underpricing, and CDS "buy" auctions in...

Introduced in 2005 to identify recovery rates and so facilitate cash settlement in the multi-trillion dollar credit default swap market, credit-event auctions have a novel and complex two-stage structure that makes them distinct from other auction forms. Examining the efficacy of the auction's...