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We use arbitrage activity in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets to characterize the frictions and constraints facing intermediaries. The average pairwise correlation between the 29 arbitrage spreads that we study is 21%. These low correlations are inconsistent with canonical...
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This study measures liquidity in the catastrophe (CAT) bond market and the liquidity premium embedded in CAT bond … bond market is 67.57bps, accounting for only 9.42% of the average CAT bond spread (717.37bps) in the secondary market … during the period 2002-2016. The average CAT bond liquidity premium is higher than the corporate bond liquidity premium of a …
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interest rates - is a strong predictor of U.S. Treasury bond returns of maturities ranging between one and ten years for return … qualitatively replicates the predictability pattern of IRVRP for bond returns. …
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"virtual" borrower or bond for which a single-factor model holds. Then, the correlation parameter is calculated via a non …-linear optimization. This "bond representation" allows to approximate the risk profile (expressed by the EL profile) using a single … for the corresponding bond representations is applied for valuation of the CDO tranches. Using a sample CDO portfolio …
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In almost every financial market crisis we can observe widening credit spreads, especially in the last years during the subprime and sovereign debt crisis. But what exactly drives the credit spread? This paper will outline static components, i.e. default risk, liquidity, risk and the relative...
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This paper examines the validity of ratings assigned by rating agencies on structured products: ABS and ABS CDO. The rating agencies have been criticized for assigning AAA ratings to the structured products created from mortgages. The ratings might give a false sense of confidence to investors...
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This paper presents a new model for pricing OTC derivatives subject to collateralization. It allows for collateral posting adhering to bankruptcy laws. As such, the model can back out the market price of a collateralized contract. This framework is very useful for valuing outstanding...
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The one-side defaultable financial derivatives valuation problems have been studied extensively, but the valuation of bilateral derivatives with asymmetric credit qualities is still lacking convincing mechanism. This paper presents an analytical model for valuing derivatives subject to default...
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This article presents a new model for valuing financial contracts subject to credit risk and collateralization. Examples include the valuation of a credit default swap (CDS) contract that is affected by the trilateral credit risk of the buyer, seller and reference entity. We show that default...
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increase the potential for risk-shifting in firms. We explore these two channels via different tests on corporate bond yields …
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