In this study, the authors shed light upon the nature and degree of market risk inherent in CDS instruments, and consequently offer suggestions to the regulators with regard to the level of regulatory reserves that ought to be mandated to avert extreme disasters or meltdowns in the future. If...

In previous papers we have shown another interpretation of the irrationality of financial market agents. Another methodology has been proposed. But it also shown that others questions might be highlighted from both epistemological and social welfare point of view. This paper tries to go further...

A Catastrophe Theory Model modified for the explanation of the evolution/revolution of behavior in the securities market can be classified in the realm of behavioral finance. (See Thaler, 1993; Statman, 1998 and Pruden, 1989). An early model of the Cusp Catastrophe Model modified to explain...

This paper is aimed at analyzing the interdependency between American and European Credit Default Swap (CDS) Indices markets from June 2004 to April 2009. For this exercise, the author has chosen the two most liquid Investment-Grade (IG) CDS indices: CDX.NA.IG of North America & iTraxx.Europe of...

This paper is aimed at testing for nonlinearity and chaos in Investment Grade CDS Indices of US and Europe. For this exercise, the author has chosen the two most liquid indices, namely CDX.NA.IG (US) and iTraxx.Europe (Europe). BDS test (Brock, Dechert, & Scheinkman, 1987) is employed to test...

This paper tests for relationship between Indian GDRs traded in Luxembourg / London and their underlying shares traded in Mumbai at two levels, viz., (a) between the stock prices at two exchanges; and (b) between the volatilities of the stock prices between the two exchanges. The relationship is...