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The Determinants of CDS Bid-ask Spreads

We investigate the determinants of bid-ask spreads on corporate credit default swaps (CDSs). We find that proxies for dealer inventory costs such as variability of CDS premia and CDS trading volume explain as much as 80% of variation in CDS bid-ask spreads. We also analyze the influence of variables capturing systematic risk of reference entities, market-implied volatility, dealer funding costs and competition between dealers. Several of these variables are significant, but their explanatory power is moderate. Finally, we demonstrate that CDS bid-ask spreads do not widen preceding earnings announcement surprises, which suggests that private information does not hinder CDS liquidity.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 14-138/IV/DSF82

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)
Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
General Financial Markets: Other
Thema
Credit default swaps
Liquidity
Bid-ask spreads
Components of bid-ask spreads

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Wojtowicz, Marcin
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Tinbergen Institute
(wo)
Amsterdam and Rotterdam
(wann)
2014

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Wojtowicz, Marcin
  • Tinbergen Institute

Entstanden

  • 2014

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