“…These variables have already been used in other studies focusing on CDS dynamics: Pan and Singleton (2008), Fontana and Scheicher (2010), Ang and Longstaff (2011); Longstaff, Pan, Pedersen, and Singleton (in press); and Caporin, Pelizzon, Ravazzolo, and Rigobon (2012). Moreover, our choices are linked to the literature focusing on the interconnection between CDS and other macroeconomic variables, see Hammoudeh and Sari (2011), Hammoudeh, Bhar, and Liu (in press), and Hammoudeh, Chen, and Yuan (2011).…”