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Credit Spreads And Bankruptcy Information From Options Data

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  • CHI-FENG TZENG

    (Department of Quantitative Finance, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section 2 Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, Taiwan)

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The changes in implied bankruptcy chances are applied to explain the credit default swap (CDS) spread changes of six financial institutions during the financial crisis. I estimated the chances from options data, with the assumption that risk neutral density (RND) is composed of lognormal densities with a chance of bankruptcy. Interest rate information and market information from firm- and index-level RNDs are used to explain CDS spread changes. The empirical findings show that firm-level information provides more explanations compared with index-level information. The changes in firm-level return is a critical determinant of CDS spreads. The changes in implied bankruptcy chances are significantly and positively related to spread changes. Finally, the changes in slope term is negatively related to spread changes.

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  • Chi-Feng Tzeng, 2014. "Credit Spreads And Bankruptcy Information From Options Data," Annals of Financial Economics (AFE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 9(02), pages 1-22.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:afexxx:v:09:y:2014:i:02:n:s2010495214400089
    DOI: 10.1142/S2010495214400089
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    Keywords

    CDS spreads; bankruptcy probability; risk-neutral density; financial crisis; financial institutions; G01; G10; G11;
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    JEL classification:

    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions

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