Arbeitspapier
Credit-Implied Forward Volatility and Volatility Expectations
We show how one can back out implied forward volatility term structures from credit default swap spreads. Such forward stock volatility term structures are useful for instance in forward start option pricing. We find the term structure to be downward-sloping, and the credit market's volatility forecasts tend to vary more across time than across maturities. Long-term volatility expectations, in turn, are found to be low and stable while short-term expectations are higher and more volatile. The volatility expectation's mean-reversion rate, finally, indicates that the credit market expects volatility shocks in the equity market to last for several years.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2015:34
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Financial Crises
General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)
- Thema
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CDS
implied volatility term structure
forward volatility
forward start options
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Byström, Hans
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Veröffentlichung
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Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
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Lund
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Byström, Hans
- Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics
Entstanden
- 2015