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The Relationship Between Credit Default Swap and Cost of Equity Capital


Giovanni Barone-Adesi


Swiss Finance Institute at the University of Lugano; Swiss Finance Institute

Moreno Brughelli


University of Lugano - Institute of Finance

November 2010

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 10-49

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We want to assess the relationship between the equity and the debt cost of capital. Using a very simple dividend discount model we compute the implied discount rate and we compare it with the corresponding premium on the corporate credit default swap using a cointegration approach. We demonstrated the existence of a cointegrating relationship between those two variables and we found weak evidence of Granger causality from CDS premium to the discount factor. Our findings are also robust to the choice of different parameter assumptions and model specification.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 57

Keywords: Asset Pricing, Cost of Capital, Implied Cost of Capital, Analysts' Forecasts, Discount Rate, Firm Valuation

JEL Classification: G12, G31, G32

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Date posted: December 5, 2010  

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Barone-Adesi, Giovanni and Brughelli, Moreno, The Relationship Between Credit Default Swap and Cost of Equity Capital (November 2010). Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 10-49. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1719006 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1719006

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Giovanni Barone-Adesi (Contact Author)
Swiss Finance Institute at the University of Lugano ( email )
Via Buffi 13
CH-6904 Lugano
Switzerland
+41 58 666 4671 (Phone)
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Swiss Finance Institute
c/o University of Geneve
40, Bd du Pont-d'Arve
1211 Geneva, CH-6900
Switzerland
Moreno Brughelli
University of Lugano - Institute of Finance ( email )
Via Buffi 13
CH-6900 Lugano
Switzerland
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