We study the determinants of sovereign bond spreads in the euro area since the introduction of the euro. We show that …

. The results are robust to controlling for country fixed effects and different estimation methodologies. …

Is the Euro area as a whole, or are individual Euro-area member countries facing a period of sustained lower economic …, we expand our model to incorporate the financial cycle. We estimate the model for the Euro area as a whole and for nine … Euro-area member countries. Incorporating the financial cycle changes the estimated equilibrium real interest rates: For …

Is the Euro area as a whole, or are individual Euro-area member countries facing a period of sustained lower economic …, we expand our model to incorporate the financial cycle. We estimate the model for the Euro area as a whole and for nine … Euro-area member countries. Incorporating the financial cycle changes the estimated equilibrium real interest rates: For …

Is the Euro area as a whole, or are individual Euro-area member countries facing a period of sustained lower economic …, we expand our model to incorporate the financial cycle. We estimate the model for the Euro area as a whole and for nine … Euro-area member countries. Incorporating the financial cycle changes the estimated equilibrium real interest rates: For …

In early 2013 rumors about the Euro-appreciation gained momentum, which may lead to decreases in exports and increases … in imports of the member states. Therefore, we investigate the impact of changes in the nominal Euro exchange rate vis …-à-vis major currencies on export and import performance of nine different Euro-area-countries. To disentangle the "true …