Examining what best explains corporate credit risk: accounting-based versus market-based models

This paper uses a sample of 2,186 credit default swap spreads quoted in the European market during the period 2002–2009 to empirically analyze which model – accounting- or market-based – better explains corporate credit risk. We find little difference in the explanatory power of these two approaches...

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Main Authors: Antonio Trujillo-Ponce, Reyes Samaniego-Medina, Clara Cardone-Riportella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Business Economics and Management
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Online Access:https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/3014