Using daily data of four currencies (Japanese Yen (JPY), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP) and Australian Dollar (AUD)) in terms of the US Dollar (USD), and JPY, USD, GBP and AUD in terms of the EUR from January 2004 to February 2008, we examine the lead-lag relationship between the Credit Default...

Using daily data of four currencies (Japanese yen, euro, British pound, and Australian dollar) in terms of the U.S. dollar, and these four currencies in terms of the euro from January 2004 to February 2008, we examine the lead-lag relationship between the credit default swap (CDS) market and the...

The Merton-type structural model, when extended to sovereign issuers, suggests a negative relationship between sovereign credit default swap (CDS) spreads and stock prices. Capital structure arbitrage strategy that exploits such relationships should foster the integration of CDS and the stock...