Determinants of Bond Spread and Credit Default Swap: Why are they different? The case of Petrobras
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1808-057x201501840Abstract
In this article, we study the main determinants of Petrobras' credit risk, measured through asset swap spreads (ASWs) and credit default swaps (CDS), replicating the main papers on the theme and analyzing whether the two products price risk differently. Our results allow us to conclude that, curiously, firm-specific (microeconomic) variables are little or no significant to explain the discrepancy between the markets, and that a large part of the difference between them (also known as the CDS-Bond Basis) may be explained by the response of each product to macroeconomic variables. The main contribution of this article is being the first in the literature addressing the theme credit risk or liquidity of a Brazilian company, from the viewpoint of bond spreads and CDS, traded in the foreign market, besides discussing why there is a difference between them.Downloads
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