PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ronan C Gallagher
AU  - Donal G McKillop
TI  - Unfunded Pension Liabilities and the Corporate CDS Market
AID  - 10.3905/JFI.2010.19.3.030
DP  - 2009 Dec 31
TA  - The Journal of Fixed Income
PG  - 30--46
VI  - 19
IP  - 3
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/19/3/30.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/19/3/30.full
AB  - This article examines the impact of pension deficits on default risk as measured by the premia on corporate credit default swaps (CDS). We find highly significant evidence that unfunded pension liabilities raise one- and five-year CDS premia. However, this relation is not homogeneous across countries, with the U.S. CDS market leading its European counterparts in the pricing of defined-benefit pension risk.TOPICS: Credit default swaps, pension funds, credit risk management, developed markets [US, Europe]