Jan Ericsson

McGill University

Associate Professor of Finance

1001 Sherbrooke St. West

Montreal, Quebec H3A1G5 H3A 2M1

Canada

http://people.mcgill.ca/jan.ericsson/

Swedish Institute for Financial Research (SIFR)

Resarch Associate

Drottninggatan 89

SE-113 59 Stockholm, SE-113 60

Sweden

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (23)

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Liquidity and Credit Risk

EFA 2003 Glasgow
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Aug 2003
Jan Ericsson and Olivier Renault
McGill University and University of Warwick Business School - Financial Econometrics Research Centre
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Credit risk, corporate bonds, renegotiation, illiquidity

Liquidity and Credit Risk

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 Jul 2005
Jan Ericsson and Olivier Renault
McGill University and University of Warwick Business School - Financial Econometrics Research Centre

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Corporate bonds, financial distress, renegotiation, liquidity risk

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A Framework for Valuing Corporate Securities

WP 89
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Dec 1996
Jan Ericsson and Joel Reneby
McGill University and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance
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A Framework for Valuing Corporate Securities

Posted: 11 Mar 1999
Jan Ericsson and Joel Reneby
McGill University and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance

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Citation 11

Estimating Structural Bond Pricing Models

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 15 May 2001
Jan Ericsson and Joel Reneby
McGill University and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Credit Risk, Maximum Likelihood, Corporate Bonds

Estimating Structural Bond Pricing Models

Posted: 28 Feb 2004
Jan Ericsson and Joel Reneby
McGill University and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance

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Default risk, corporate bonds, credit spreads, maximum likelihood

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Asset Substitution, Debt Pricing, Optimal Leverage and Maturity

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 27 Sep 2000
Jan Ericsson
McGill University
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Capital Structure, Corporate Bond Pricing, Agency Problems

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The Determinants of Credit Default Swap Premia

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2009
Jan Ericsson, Kris Jacobs and Rodolfo Oviedo
McGill University, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and Universidad Austral
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Credit risk, Credit default swaps

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Can Structural Models Price Default Risk? New Evidence from Bond and Credit Derivative Markets

EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2008
Jan Ericsson, Joel Reneby and Hao Wang
McGill University, Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance and Tsinghua University
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Credit risk, credit derivatives, corporate bonds, structural models

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Stock Options as Barrier Contingent Claims

SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance No. 137
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Jan 1997
Jan Ericsson and Joel Reneby
McGill University and Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Time-Varying Asset Volatility and the Credit Spread Puzzle

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2018
Du Du, Redouane Elkamhi and Jan Ericsson
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and McGill University
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Asset Volatility, Credit Spread Puzzle, Structural Models

Time-Varying Asset Volatility and the Credit Spread Puzzle

Paris December 2011 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Redouane Elkamhi, Jan Ericsson and Min Jiang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, McGill University and University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business
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Variance risk premia, default swaps, structural credit models

Time-Varying Asset Volatility and the Credit Spread Puzzle

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Mar 2011
Redouane Elkamhi, Jan Ericsson and Min Jiang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, McGill University and University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business
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The Cost of Financial Distress and the Timing of Default

EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 26 May 2009
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California and McGill University
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financial distress costs, default probabilities

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The Valuation of Corporate Liabilities: Theory and Tests

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 06 Jul 2001
Joel Reneby and Jan Ericsson
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance and McGill University
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Time Varying Risk Premia in Corporate Bond Markets

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 26 Mar 2008
Redouane Elkamhi and Jan Ericsson
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and McGill University
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corporate bonds, credit risk, structural model, volatility, default risk premia, idiosyncratic risk.

Time Varying Risk Premia in Corporate Bond Markets

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2022
Redouane Elkamhi and Jan Ericsson
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and McGill University
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corporate bonds, credit risk, structural model, volatility, default risk premia, idiosyncratic risk

Time Varying Risk Premia in Corporate Bond Markets

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Mar 2007
Jan Ericsson and Redouane Elkamhi
McGill University and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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risk premia, corporate bonds, structural models

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Exploring Dynamic Default Dependence

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 May 2009
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, McGill University, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and Universite du Luxembourg - Luxembourg School of Finance
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credit risk, structured products, dynamic equicorrelation, CDS, CDO, default

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Time Varying Default Risk Premia in Corporate Bond Markets

Paris December 2007 Finance International Meeting AFFI-EUROFIDAI Paper
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2022
Jan Ericsson and Redouane Elkamhi
McGill University and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Downloads 361 (143,481)
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corporate bonds, credit risk, structural model, volatility, default risk premia, idiosyncratic risk

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On Pricing Credit Default Swaps with Observable Covariates

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2012
University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, McGill University, University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
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credit default swap, no-arbitrage, observable covariates, volatility, leverage, distance-to-default

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What Risks Do Corporate Bond Put Features Insure Against?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2020
Jan Ericsson, Redouane Elkamhi and Hao Wang
McGill University, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Tsinghua University
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Putable Bonds, Credit Risk, Liquidity Premium, Bivariate Lattice

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The Cost of Financial Distress and the Timing of Default

AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Mar 2010
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California and McGill University
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financial distress costs, capital structure

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The Risk and Return of Equity and Credit Index Options

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2023
University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, McGill University, UNSW Business School and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Downloads 226 (231,846)
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Default Risk Linkages in a Structural Credit Model

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2023
McGill University, UNSW Business School, University of Melbourne, Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) - UTS Business School
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Credit Risk, Structural Models, Asset Prices, Leverage, Volatility, Spillovers

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Capital Investment and Variance Risk Premia

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 13 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2020
Jan Ericsson, Evan Jo and Babak Lotfaliei
McGill University, Queen's University - Smith School of Business and Carmona College of Business
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Real option, Variance risk premium, Optimal timing, Stochastic volatility

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Leverage and Asymmetric Volatility: The Firm Level Evidence

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Feb 2007
Jan Ericsson, Xiao Huang and Stefano Mazzotta
McGill University, Kennesaw State University and Kennesaw State University - Michael J. Coles College of Business
Downloads 127 (378,982)
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Financial leverage, stock volatility, panel data, VAR

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Accounting Transparency and the Implied Volatility Skew

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 28 Sep 2022
Hitesh Doshi, Jan Ericsson, Stephen Szaura and Fan Yu
University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, McGill University, BI Norwegian School of Business and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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Implied Volatility Skew, Accounting Transparency, Credit Risk

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Time-Varying Asset Volatility and the Credit Spread Puzzle

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Redouane Elkamhi, Jan Ericsson and Min Jiang
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, McGill University and University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business
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Implementing Structural Credit Risk Models Using Both Stock and Bond Prices - an Empirical Study

Posted: 28 Feb 2004
Joel Reneby and Jan Ericsson
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance and McGill University

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Credit risk, yield spreads, structural models