The Determinants of Global Bank Credit-Default-Swap Spreads

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Iftekhar Hasan

Fordham University ; Bank of Finland; University of Sydney

Liuling Liu

Bowling Green State University - College of Business Administration

Gaiyan Zhang

University of Missouri at St. Louis - College of Business Administration

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Date Written: December 15, 2014

Abstract

​Using a sample of 161 global banks in 23 countries, we examine the applicability of structural models and bank fundamentals to price global bank credit risk. First, we find that variables predicted by structural models (leverage, volatility, and risk-free rate) are significantly associated with bank CDS spreads. Second, some CAMELS indicators, including asset quality, cost efficiency, and sensitivity to market risk, contain incremental information for bank CDS prices. Moreover, leverage and asset quality have had a stronger impact on bank CDS since the onset of the recent financial crisis. Banks in countries with lower stock market volatility and/or more financial conglomerates restrictions tend to have lower CDS spreads. Deposit insurance appears to have an adverse effect on CDS spreads, indicating a moral hazard problem.

Keywords: bank credit default swaps, structural models, CAMELS, global banks

JEL Classification: G21, G13, G15

Suggested Citation

Hasan, Iftekhar and Liu, Liuling and Zhang, Gaiyan, The Determinants of Global Bank Credit-Default-Swap Spreads (December 15, 2014). Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 33/2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2546224 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2546224

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Liuling Liu

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Gaiyan Zhang

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