CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP, EXCHANGE RATES AND BİST 100 INDEX RELATIONSHIP: COINTEGRATION AND CAUSALITY ANALYSIS Cover Image

KREDİ TEMERRÜT TAKASI, DÖVİZ KURU VE BİST100 ENDEKSİ İLİŞKİSİ
CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP, EXCHANGE RATES AND BİST 100 INDEX RELATIONSHIP: COINTEGRATION AND CAUSALITY ANALYSIS

Author(s): Oktay ÖZKAN, Eyyüp Ensari Şahin
Subject(s): Economic policy, Evaluation research, Financial Markets
Published by: Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Credit Default Swap; Exchange Rates; BIST 100; Cointegration;

Summary/Abstract: In 1994, Credit Default Swaps, which were defined as transfer of risk to another investor to protect themselves against the likelihood of default by a counterparty of a lending institutions, were introduced to the market by the JP Morgan Inc. The purpose of this study is to test the relationship between the Credit Default Swap, Exchange Rates and the BIST 100 Index in a short and long term. For this aim, monthly data of Credit Default Swap Premiums, Exchange Rates and BIST 100 Index of Turkey was used in this study between 2012 and 2017. As a result of the analyzes carried out, there was a two-way causality relationship between the BIST 100 Index and the Credit Default Swap, and no causality relationship between the BIST 100 Index and the Exchange Rates.

  • Issue Year: 11/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 1939-1945
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Turkish