US Corporate Default Swap Valuation: The Market Liquidity Hypothesis and Autonomous Credit Risk

Kwamie Dunbar

No 2007-08, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper develops a reduced form three-factor model which includes a liquidity proxy of market conditions which is then used to provide implicit prices. The model prices are then compared with observed market prices of credit default swaps to determine if swap rates adequately reflect market risks. The findings of the analysis illustrate the importance of liquidity in the valuation process. Moreover, market liquidity, a measure of investors. willingness to commit resources in the credit default swap (CDS) market, was also found to improve the valuation of investors. autonomous credit risk. Thus a failure to include a liquidity proxy could underestimate the implied autonomous credit risk. Autonomous credit risk is defined as the fractional credit risk which does not vary with changes in market risk and liquidity conditions.

Keywords: Credit Default Swaps; Market Liquidity; Bid-Ask Spreads; Autonomous Credit Risk, Risk Premium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2007-01
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Note: This is a preprint of an article submitted for consideration in the Journal of Quantitative finance 2007; cc Taylor and Francis; The Journal of Quantitative Finance is available online at http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/
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