Informed Trading, Heterogeneity Investment, Liquidity Shocks and the Valuation of Credit Default Swaps  

作　　者：杨星 范纯 李刚 

机构地区：[1]College of Economics, Jinan University [2]Institute of Finance, Yuexiu Financial Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

出　　处：《Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong university(Science)》2016年第1期69-80,共12页上海交通大学学报（英文版）

基　　金：the National Social Science Foundation of China(No.11BGJ013)

摘　　要：This paper explores the effect of informed trading, heterogeneity investment and liquidity shocks on the valuation of credit default swaps(CDSs). Under the condition of asymmetric information, the informed trading plays an important role in the valuation of CDS. Instruction order flow has a significant influence on CDS price.And the scope of influence changes in accordance with different time interval, company status and the size of bid-ask spread. Heterogeneity of investors seriously affects the market liquidity and subsequently affects the CDS price. The bigger heterogeneity of the investment philosophy, investment habits, investment preference and so on is the bigger risk for market liquidity, and the higher price for CDS shall be. On the contrary, the conclusion is also consistent. The effectiveness of liquidity, whether it is before or after the financial crisis, dominates the fluctuation of CDS price. The premium of liquidity accounts for 36% to 50% of the CDS price.This paper explores the effect of informed trading, heterogeneity investment and liquidity shocks on the valuation of credit default swaps （CDSs）. Under the condition of asymmetric information, the informed trading plays an important role in the valuation of CDS. Instruction order flow has a significant influence on CDS price. And the scope of influence changes in accordance with different time interval, company status and the size of bid-ask spread. Heterogeneity of investors seriously affects the market liquidity and subsequently affects the CDS price. The bigger heterogeneity of the investment philosophy, investment habits, investment preference and so on is the bigger risk for market liquidity, and the higher price for CDS shall be. On the contrary, the conclusion is also consistent. The effectiveness of liquidity, whether it is before or after the financial crisis, dominates the fluctuation of CDS price. The premium of liquidity accounts for 36% to 50% of the CDS price.

关 键 词：informed trading HETEROGENEITY INVESTMENT LIQUIDITY shocks VALUATION of credit DEFAULT SWAPS 

分 类 号：F831.2[经济管理—金融学]