PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Lei Meng AU - Owain AP Gwilym TI - Credit Default Swaps AID - 10.3905/jfi.2005.491109 DP - 2005 Mar 31 TA - The Journal of Fixed Income PG - 17--28 VI - 14 IP - 4 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/14/4/17.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/14/4/17.full AB - Structural and reduced-form models are the primary vehicles for pricing credit default swaps (CDS). This evaluation of the emerging empirical literature on CDS analyzes the evidence on the impact of recovery forms on pricing models, the relationship between CDS premiums and credit spreads on the same reference entity, the determinants of CDS premiums, and interaction between the CDS market and other markets.