The spread risk premium component of credit default swap (CDS) spreads represents a compensation demanded by protection sellers for future changes in CDS spreads caused by unpredictable fluctuations in the reference entity's risk-neutral default intensity. This paper defines and estimates a...

This paper quantifies and explains valuation differences between credit default swaps and corporate bonds from a sample of European investment-grade firms. Based on all information gained through the calibration of a stochastic intensity credit model to the time series of the issuer's CDS curve,...

This paper analyzes bank margins in the German secondary market for exchange-tradedstructured financial products, with particular emphasis on the influence of banks credit risk.A structural model allowing for the incorporation of correlation effects between market andcredit risk is applied to...

Die Erfassung und Berücksichtigung von Klumpenrisiken in Kreditportfolios ist einer der Punkte, mit denen sich die Kreditwirtschaft nach der Veröffentlichung desZweiten Baseler Konsultationspapiers besonders intensiv befasst. Insbesondere die Sparkassenorganisation, deren Institute in ihrer...