Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/41349 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CFR working paper No. 09-13
Publisher: 
University of Cologne, Centre for Financial Research (CFR), Cologne
Abstract: 
We develop a reduced-form model that allows us to decompose bond spreads and CDS premia into a pure credit risk component, a pure liquidity component, and a component measuring the relation between credit risk and liquidity. CDS liquidity has important consequences for the bond credit risk and liquidity components. Besides the credit risk link, we document a liquidity link between the bond and the CDS market. Liquidity in both markets dries up as credit risk increases, and higher bond market liquidity leads to lower CDS market liquidity. Ignoring CDS liquidity results in partly negative liquidity premia, particularly when CDS liquidity is low.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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