Essays in Applied Financial Econometrics

<p>This dissertation studies applied econometric problems in volatility estimation and CDS pricing. The first chapter studies estimation of loss given default from CDS spreads for U.S. corporates. This paper combines a term structure model of credit default swaps (CDS) with weak-identificati...

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Main Author: Liu, Lily Yanli
Other Authors: Patton, Andrew J
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/9837