Probabilities of Default and the Market Price of Risk in a Distressed Economy /

We propose an original method to estimate the market price of risk under stress, which is needed to correct for risk aversion the CDS-implied probabilities of distress. The method is based, for simplicity, on a one-factor asset pricing model. The market price of risk under stress (the expectation of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Segoviano, Miguel
Other Authors: Espinoza, Raphael
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/075
Online Access:Full text available on IMF