Artikel
The determinants of market-implied recovery rates
In the presence of recovery risk, the recovery rate is a random variable whose risk-neutral expectation can be inferred from the prices of defaultable instruments. I extract market-implied recovery rates from the term structures of credit default swap spreads for a sample of 497 United States (U.S.) corporate issuers over the 2005-2014 period. I analyze the explanatory factors of market-implied recovery rates within a linear regression framework and also within a Tobit model, and I compare them with the determinants of historical recovery rates that were previously identified in the literature. In contrast to their historical counterparts, market-implied recovery rates are mostly driven by macroeconomic factors and long-term, issuer-specific variables. Short-term financial variables and industry conditions significantly impact the slope of market-implied recovery rates. These results indicate that the design of a recovery risk model should be based on specific market factors, not on the statistical evidence that is provided by historical recovery rates.
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                Englisch
 
- Erschienen in
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                Journal: Risks ; ISSN: 2227-9091 ; Volume: 7 ; Year: 2019 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 1-15 ; Basel: MDPI
 
- Klassifikation
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                Wirtschaft
 
- Thema
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                recovery rate
 credit risk
 loss given default
 
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                Geistige Schöpfung
 
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                François, Pascal
 
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                Veröffentlichung
 
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                MDPI
 
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                Basel
 
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                2019
 
- DOI
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                        doi:10.3390/risks7020057
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                        10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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- Artikel
Beteiligte
- François, Pascal
- MDPI
Entstanden
- 2019
