Related Securities and Equity Market Quality: The Case of CDS
We document that equity markets become less liquid and equity prices become less efficient when markets for single-name credit default swap (CDS) contracts emerge. This finding is robust across a variety of market quality measures. We analyze the potential mechanisms driving this result and find evi...
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sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-57872017-06-12T09:03:21Z Related Securities and Equity Market Quality: The Case of CDS Ekkehart BOEHMER, CHAVA, Sudheer TOOKES, Heather We document that equity markets become less liquid and equity prices become less efficient when markets for single-name credit default swap (CDS) contracts emerge. This finding is robust across a variety of market quality measures. We analyze the potential mechanisms driving this result and find evidence consistent with negative trader-driven information spillovers that result from the introduction of CDS. These spillovers greatly outweigh the potentially positive effects associated with completing markets (e.g., CDS markets increase hedging opportunities) when firms and their equity markets are in “bad” states. In “good” states, we find some evidence that CDS markets can be beneficial. 2015-08-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4788 info:doi/10.1017/S0022109015000241 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5787/viewcontent/RelatedSecuritiesEquityMarketQuality_afv.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University CDS market quality related securities. Finance and Financial Management |
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We document that equity markets become less liquid and equity prices become less efficient when markets for single-name credit default swap (CDS) contracts emerge. This finding is robust across a variety of market quality measures. We analyze the potential mechanisms driving this result and find evidence consistent with negative trader-driven information spillovers that result from the introduction of CDS. These spillovers greatly outweigh the potentially positive effects associated with completing markets (e.g., CDS markets increase hedging opportunities) when firms and their equity markets are in “bad” states. In “good” states, we find some evidence that CDS markets can be beneficial. |
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