The Nexus between Sovereign CDS and Stock Market Volatility: New Evidence

Laura Ballester, Ana Mónica Escrivá and Ana González-Urteaga
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Laura Ballester: Department of Financial Economics, Faculty of Financial Economics, University of Valencia, Avda. Los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Ana Mónica Escrivá: Actuarial Consultant & Independent Researcher, 28003 Madrid, Spain
Ana González-Urteaga: Department of Business and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, Public University of Navarre and Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics (INARBE), Arrosadia Campus, 31006 Pamplona, Spain

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 11, 1-23

Abstract: This paper extends the studies published to date by performing an analysis of the causal relationships between sovereign CDS spreads and the estimated conditional volatility of stock indices. This estimation is performed using a vector autoregressive model (VAR) and dynamically applying the Granger causality test. The conditional volatility of the stock market has been obtained through various univariate GARCH models. This methodology allows us to study the information transmissions, both unidirectional and bidirectional, that occur between CDS spreads and stock volatility between 2004 and 2020. We conclude that CDS spread returns cause (in the Granger sense) conditional stock volatility, mainly in Europe and during the sovereign debt crisis. This transmission dynamic breaks down during the COVID-19 period, where there are high bidirectional relationships between the two markets.

Keywords: CDS sovereign spread; conditional volatility; GARCH; VAR; Granger causality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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