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The price of the smile and variance risk premia
Gruber, Peter H.; Tebaldi, Claudio; Trojani, Fabio - 2015 - This version: September 8, 2015
traded in SPX option markets. The price of the smile reflects two persistent volatility and skewness risks, which imply a … puzzling skew sensitivities of option markets with credit-constrained intermediaries and it builds a challenge for many reduced …
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Foreign acquisition and credit risk : evidence from the U.S. CDS market
Yilmaz, Umit - 2016 - This draft: May 31, 2016
This paper empirically analyses the effect of foreign block acquisitions on the U.S. target firms' credit risk as captured by their CDS. The involvement of foreign investors leads to a significant increase in the target firms' CDS spreads. This effect is stronger when foreign owners are...
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