An empirical analysis of the dynamic relation between investment-grade bonds and credit dafault swaps

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We test the theoretical equivalence of credit default swap ( CDS ) prices and credit spreads derived by Duffie ( 1999 ), finding support for the parity relation as an equilibrium condition. We also find two forms of deviation from parity. First, for three firms, CDS prices are substantially higher than credit spreads for long periods of time, arising from combinations of imperfections in the contract specification of CDSs and measurement errors in computing the credit spread..Printed Journal