Arbeitspapier

Conditional and joint credit risk

We propose an empirical framework to assess joint and conditional probabilities of credit events from CDS prices observed in the market. Our model is based on a dynamic skewed-t distribution that captures many salient features of CDS data, including skewed and heavy-tailed changes in the price of CDS protection, as well as dynamic volatilities and correlations that ensure that uncertainty and risk dependence can increase in times of stress. We apply the framework to euro area sovereign CDS spreads during the euro area debt crisis. Our results reveal significant time-variation in distress dependence and spill-over effects. We investigate in particular market perceptions of joint and conditional risks around announcements of Eurosystem non-standard monetary policy measures, and document strong reductions in joint risk.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 1621

Classification
Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
Subject
financial stability
higher order moments
sovereign credit risk
time-varying parameters

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Lucas, André
Schwaab, Bernd
Zhang, Xin
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
European Central Bank (ECB)
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2013

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Lucas, André
  • Schwaab, Bernd
  • Zhang, Xin
  • European Central Bank (ECB)

Time of origin

  • 2013

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