We show that existing metrics of CDS returns poorly approximate cash flow-based CDS returns. Given the complexities involved in computing CDS returns correctly, we provide a simple closed-form approximation that bears a correlation of no less than 99% with the true return series. Our work...

An increasing number of studies extract credit spreads using equity options data. This inference relies on the assumption that option and credit markets are integrated. I empirically test this assumption using firm level option implied credit spreads (IS) and CDS spreads. While the IS and CDS...

The shape of the term structure of credit default swap spreads is an informative signal about the relative importance of global and domestic risk factors to the time variation of sovereign credit spreads. Using a geographically dispersed panel of 44 countries, I show that the relative importance...

We explore the implications of ambiguity for the pricing of credit default swaps (CDSs). A model of heterogeneous investors with independent preferences for ambiguity and risk shows that, since CDS contracts are assets in zero net supply, the net credit risk exposure of the marginal investor...

We study how listing in multiple markets affects the dynamics between firms' credit default swap (CDS) and stock returns. We find that cross-listing increases (i) the sensitivity of CDS to stock returns; (ii) the integration of CDS with world equity and bond markets; and (iii) the statistical...

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the young, but rapidly growing literature on sovereign credit default swap premia, describes key statistical and stylized facts about prices, the market, its players and related trading activities and attempts to raise some thought-provoking...