A credit default swap (CDS) is a contract that allows one ... underlying debt securities in order to buy or sell the CDS The price of the premiums paid to the seller is referred to as the spread ...

This article was first published in March 2008. We have since updated the credit default swap ratings so they reflect the current positions. The whole point about the 'credit crunch' - is that it ...

Fruhan, William E. "Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 210-057, February 2010.

We examine the relationship between carbon emissions and the market perception of firms' default risk measured by corporate credit default swap (CDS) spreads in Japan. While corporate revenue size is ...

What was the utility of the credit default swap in that case ... you tell me what you think the price is, and I can give you a model that, when you hit F9, that's the price that pops up.