Sample

Entity

Bond Spread do not Granger-Cause CDS Spread

CDS Spread do not Granger-Cause Bond Spread

Leader Market

Chi-Sq

Prob

Chi-Sq

Prob

Financial corporate sample

IntesaSanPaolo

78.12

0.000

2.4701

0.650

BOND

UniCredit

114.67

0.000

20.101

0.000

Both

BNP Paribas

88.489

0.000

5.3882

0.250

BOND

SociétéGénérale

97.651

0.000

2.0031

0.735

BOND

DeutscheBank

21.781

0.000

12.792

0.012

Both

CommerzBank

38.897

0.000

21.177

0.000

Both

Non-Financial corporate sample

Vivendi

90.265

0.000

6.557

0.195

BOND

Telecom Italia

86.053

0.000

25.934

0.000

Both

Eni

123.59

0.000

11.11

0.025

Both

Orange

74.034

0.000

8.9619

0.062

BOND

Telefonica

130.91

0.000

40.343

000

Both

Sovereign sample

(Apr. 2011-Apr. 2014)

Germany

10.904

0.028

9.3121

0.054

BOND

Italy

4.9578

0.292

9.1929

0.056

Unkown

France

9.7788

0.044

7.1135

0.130

BOND

Spain

7.8046

0.099

1.5023

0.826

Unkwon

Portugal

18.859

0.001

34.116

0.000

Both

Belgium

14.445

0.006

10.618

0.031

Both

Sovereign sample

(May 2014-Sep. 2018)

Germany

2.324

0.676

7.131

0.129

Unkown

Italy

35.56

0.000

33.482

0.000

Both

France

4.6841

0.321

7.3933

0.117

Unkwon

Spain

2.4732

0.649

16.464

0.002

CDS

Portugal

18.237

0.001

13.824

0.008

Both

Belgium

0.71121

0.950

12.177

0.016

CDS