Default Correlation at the Sovereign Level: Evidence from Latin American Markets
Using the eruption of Argentin a debt crisis in 2001 as a natural experiment, we investigated the correlated default at the sovereign level for some Latin American countries. Daily closing market quotes for sovereign credit default swaps ( CDS) of Argentina , Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela were obtained from Credit Trade database. Using copula approach, we observed increased correlations among sovereign CDS markets during the crisis period. Their dependence structures were found to be asymmetric. Moreover, the degree of credit contagion was related to the creditworthiness of the country. This study also discussed the implications of these findings for policymakers in the governments.
Yi-Hsuan Chen Kehluh Wang Anthony H. Tu
Chung Hua University, Taiwan National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan National Chengchi University, Taiwan
国内会议
南昌
英文
60-75
2007-04-13（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）