To investigate the impact of microstructure interdependency of a counterparty explicitly, a geometric function is introduced in one firm's default intensity to reflect the attenuation behavior of the impact of its counterparty firm's default. The general joint distribution and marginal distributions of default times are derived by employing the change of measure. The fair premium of a vanilla CDS (credit default swap) is obtained in continuous and discrete contexts, respectively. The swap premium in a discrete context is similar to the accumulated interest during the period between two payment days, and the short rate is the swap rate in a continuous context.
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