Trebesch, Christoph; Zettelmeyer, Jeromin - CESifo - 2014
This paper analyses the determinants and effects of ECB interventions in times of severe distress. We focus on the … ECB bought. We then explore the short-term effects of ECB purchases at the bond-level. The results show a large impact of … the interventions on the targeted instruments. Bonds bought by the ECB see a much steeper drop in yields than those not …