Motivated by findings in the existing literature on the information content of order flows, we specify Probability of Informed Trading – Asymmetric Autoregressive Conditional Duration (PIN-AACD) model to identify the ‘informed state' in the Fixed Income Markets. Using tick-by-tick price and...

We study the contribution of liquidity to time-series dynamics and cross-sectional variations of Euro area sovereign bond yield spreads. We consider a large sample period covering both the global financial crisis and the European sovereign crisis. Using intraday trade and quote data we construct...

This paper studies the relationship between a country's risk of default and the illiquidity of bonds issued by the same country. Government bonds are traded in the secondary market on an inter-dealer electronic trading platform. Bond's illiquidity depends on both the country's fundamental and...