The Use (and Abuse) of CDS Spreads During Distress /

Credit Default Swap spreads have been used as a leading indicator of distress. Default probabilities can be extracted from CDS spreads, but during distress it is important to take account of the stochastic nature of recovery value. The recent episodes of Landbanski, WAMU and Lehman illustrate that u...

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Главный автор: Spackman, Carolyne
Другие авторы: Singh, Manmohan
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/062
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF