Counterparty credit risk and the credit default swap market

Counterparty credit risk has become one of the highest-profile risks facing participants in the financial markets. Despite this, relatively little is known about how counterparty credit risk is actually priced. We examine this issue using an extensive proprietary data set of contemporaneous CDS tran...

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Published in:Journal of financial economics 2012-02, Vol.103 (2), p.280-293
Main Authors: Arora, Navneet, Gandhi, Priyank, Longstaff, Francis A.
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Capital market
Collateralization
Counterparty credit risk
Credit
Credit default swaps
Credit risk
Financial economics
Market structure
Risk
Securities prices
Studies
Transaction costs
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Credit
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Financial economics
Market structure
Risk
Securities prices
Studies
Transaction costs
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