Measuring the Spread Components of Oil and Gas Companies from CDS

In this paper, we use the information from the credit default swap market to measure the main components of the oil and gas companies spread. Using nearly 20 companies of this industry with different ratings and nearly 80 bonds, the result was that the majority of the oil and gas spread is due to th...

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Main Authors: Juliano Ribeiro de Almeida, Guilherme Ribeiro de Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Finance 2012-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Finanças
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Online Access:http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rbfin/article/view/3399/2452