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Author Chan-Lau, Jorge A., author.

Title Anticipating credit events using credit default swaps, with an application to sovereign debt crises / Jorge A. Chan-Lau
Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (19 pages) : illustrations
Series IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/03/106
IMF working paper ; WP/03/106.
Summary In reduced-form pricing models, it is usual to assume a fixed recovery rate to obtain the probability of default from credit default swap prices. An alternative credit risk measure is proposed here: the maximum recovery rate compatible with observed prices. The analysis of the recent debt crisis in Argentina using this methodology shows that the correlation between the maximum recovery rate and implied default probabilities turns negative in advance of the credit event realization. This empirical finding suggests that the maximum recovery rate can be used for constructing early warning indicators of financial distress
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 26)
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Subject Credit derivatives -- Econometric models
Debts, Public -- Econometric models
Default (Finance) -- Econometric models
Swaps (Finance) -- Econometric models
Risk -- Econometric models
Debts, Public -- Econometric models
Default (Finance) -- Econometric models
Risk -- Econometric models
Form Electronic book
Author International Monetary Fund. International Capital Markets Department.
ISBN 1451898576
9781451898576
1281155756
9781281155757
1462325718
9781462325719
1452783535
9781452783536
9786613777119
6613777110