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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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We consider bankruptcy announcements of large financial institutions in the US and examine their impact on an international sample of 66 stock market indices. Employing an event-study methodology, we find that stock markets exhibit strong adverse reaction in the aftermath of such announcements....
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We document the negative effect of stock liquidity on default risk for a sample of 46 countries. We further find that … shock that increases liquidity. The effect of liquidity on default risk is more pronounced in countries with poorer investor … impact of stock liquidity on default risk in international markets …
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This study examines the relation between asset liquidity and stock liquidity across 47 countries. In support of the … valuation uncertainty hypothesis, we find that firms with greater asset liquidity on average have higher stock liquidity. More … importantly, our study shows that asset liquidity plays a more significant role in resolving valuation uncertainty in countries …
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other informational advantages. High levels of order flow toxicity can culminate in market makers providing liquidity at a … market liquidity and precede precipitous drops in asset prices. Bulk Volume VPIN (BV-VPIN) is one way of measuring the …
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. Contemporaneous with the significant fall in equity market values is the evaporation of market liquidity. We show that transactions … of global liquidity suppliers is correlated with the increase of over 400% in margin requirements, driving a pro …-cyclical downwards liquidity spiral. These effects are shown to be concentrated in securities most exposed to electronic liquidity …
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Despite a large and growing theoretical literature on flights to safety, there does not appear to exist an empirical characterization of flight-to-safety (FTS) episodes. Using only data on bond and stock returns, we identify and characterize flight to safety episodes for 23 countries. On...
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In this paper we examine whether the UK closed-end country fund discounts are related to the illiquidity of the UK fund or the illiquidity of the country the fund invests in. We also consider whether emerging market country funds behave differently in terms of their discount and illiquidity to...
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This paper studies the impact of sovereign debt rating changes on liquidity for stocks from 40 countries for the period … 1990-2009. We find that sovereign rating changes significantly affect stock liquidity. The impact is stronger for … impact on stock liquidity. We also find that some stock characteristics and country legal and macroeconomic environment are …
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We examine the economic determinants of short-sale supply, and its consequences for future stock returns. Lendable supply increases with expected borrowing costs and decreases with financial statement constructs that indicate overvaluation. Although rising loan fees help ease supply, we find...
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