The Comovement of Credit Default Swap, Bond and Stock Markets: An Empirical Analysis

45 Pages Posted: 16 Dec 2004

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Martin Weber

University of Mannheim - Department of Banking and Finance

Lars Norden

Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE); Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - FGV/EPGE Escola Brasileira de Economia e Finanças

Date Written: October 2004

Abstract

This Paper analyzes the empirical relationship between credit default swap, bond and stock markets during the period 2000-2002. Focusing on the intertemporal comovement, we examine weekly and daily lead-lag relationships in a vector autoregressive model and the adjustment between markets caused by cointegration. First, we find that stock returns lead CDS and bond spread changes. Second, CDS spread changes Granger cause bond spread changes for a higher number of firms than vice versa. Third, the CDS market is significantly more sensitive to the stock market than the bond market and the magnitude of this sensitivity increases when credit quality becomes worse. Finally, the CDS market plays a more important role for price discovery than the corporate bond market.

Keywords: Credit risk, credit spreads, credit derivatives, lead-lag relationship

JEL Classification: C32, G10, G14

Suggested Citation

Weber, Martin and Norden, Lars, The Comovement of Credit Default Swap, Bond and Stock Markets: An Empirical Analysis (October 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=635981

Martin Weber (Contact Author)

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Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) ( email )

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Brazil

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