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Why is price discovery in credit default swap markets news-specific?

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  • Marsh, Ian W.
  • Wagner, Wolf

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We analyse daily lead-lag patterns in US equity and credit default swap (CDS) returns. We first document that equity returns robustly lead CDS returns. However, we find that the CDS-lag is due to common (and not firm-specific) news and arises predominantly in response to positive (instead of negative) equity market news. We provide an explanation for this news-specific price discovery based on dealers in the CDS market exploiting their informational advantage vis-à-vis institutional investors with hedging demands. In support of this explanation we find that the CDS-lag and its news-specificity are related to various firm-level proxies for hedging demand in the cross-section as well measures for economy-wide informational asymmetries over time.

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  • Marsh, Ian W. & Wagner, Wolf, 2012. "Why is price discovery in credit default swap markets news-specific?," Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 6/2012, Bank of Finland.
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    Keywords

    credit default swap; price discovery; informational efficiency; hedging demand;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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