The Pricing of Credit Default Swaps During Distress /

Credit default swaps (CDS) provide the buyer with insurance against certain types of credit events by entitling him to exchange any of the bonds permitted as deliverable against their par value. Unlike bonds, whose risk spreads are assumed to be the product of default risk and loss rate, CDS are par...

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Auteur principal: Singh, Manmohan
Autres auteurs: Andritzky, Jochen
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/254
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF