DETERMINANTS OF COMMON FACTORS IN KOREAN BANKS’ CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP PREMIUMS
Seungjun Lee1, Jaewoon Koo1 & Youngsik Kwak2 Show affiliations
- Chonnam National University, Korea
- Delaware State University, United States
American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp. 100–108 · doi.org/10.3844/ajebasp.2014.100.108
Abstract
Using the panel analysis of non-stationarity in idiosycratic and common component method, we decompose Credit Default Swap (CDS) premium data of 11Korean banks into common factors and idiosyncratic shocks. We find that the CDS premium of all 11 banks is mostly explained by one common factor. We also find that the common factor of the banks’ CDS premium is mainly affected by the level and the volatility of stock market prices in developed markets and oil prices. It suggests that the Korean banking industry is susceptible to foreign shocks due to the heavy dependency of the Korean economy on export. We also find that a structural break in the common part of CDS premium occurred in mid-2007, implying that the exposure of credit risk in Korean banks jumped up after the 2007 financial crisis.
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Lee, S., Koo, J. & Kwak, Y. (2014). DETERMINANTS OF COMMON FACTORS IN KOREAN BANKS’ CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP PREMIUMS. American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, 6(3), 100–108. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajebasp.2014.100.108
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