Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191547 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
KIT Working Paper Series in Economics No. 123
Publisher: 
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (ECON), Karlsruhe
Abstract: 
We introduce a method for measuring default risk connectedness of euro zone sovereign states using credit default swap (CDS) and bond data. The connectedness measure is based on an out-of-sample variance decomposition of model forecast errors. Due to its predictive nature, it can respond more quickly to crisis occurrences than common in-sample techniques. We determine sovereign default risk connectedness with both CDS and bond data for a more comprehensive picture of the system. We find evidence that several observable factors drive the difference of CDS and bonds, but both data sources still contain specific information for connectedness spill-overs. Generally, we can identify countries that impose risk on the system and the respective spill-over channels. In our empirical analysis we cover the years 2009-2014, such that recovery paths of countries exiting EU and IMF financial assistance schemes and responses to the ECB's unconventional policy measures can be analyzed.
Subjects: 
Variance decomposition
Sovereign risk
Connectedness
Credit default swaps
Bonds
Eurozone crisis
JEL: 
C58
G01
G15
C32
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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