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We study the determinants of sovereign bond yield spreads across 10 EMU countries between Q1/1999 and Q1/2010. We apply a semiparametric time-varying coefficient model to identify, to what extent an observed change in the yield spread is due to a shift in macroeconomic fundamentals or due to...
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The two-fund separation theorem from static portofolio analysis generalizes to dynamic Lucas-style asset models only whern a consol is present. If all bonds have finite maturity and do not span the consol, then equilibrium will deviate, often significantly, from two-fund separation even with the...
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We propose a method to test a prediction of the distribution of a stochastic process. In a non-Bayesian non-parametric setting, a predicted distribution is tested using a realization of the stochastic process. A test associates a set of realizations for each predicted distribution, on which the...
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This paper focuses on the quest ion whether reserve requirements can contribute anything to the stabilization of financial markets and economic activity ...
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die Credit Spreads Euro denominierter Unternehmensanleihen. Dabei werden zwei Untersuchungsperioden während verschiedener … dadurch ausgelösten internationalen Finanzkrise, die zweite Untersuchungsperiode auf einen Zeitraum während der Krise. Es wird …, welche die Handelbarkeit einer Anleihe determinieren. Liquidität wird dadurch zu einem wesentlichen bewertungsrelevanten …
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During the past two decades 130 of the 182 IMF member countries have experienced serious problems in their banking sectors or an outright banking crisis. Among the stylized facts about these crises are their often systemic nature, a pronounced boom-bust cyde and substantial financial involvement...
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Despite robust growth, rising inequality is widespread in many countries. At the same time financial instability and crises are occurring with greater frequency and severity. These two phenomena are related to the contest for a greater share of economic output between labor and capital, with...
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Standard measures of consumer price inflation are based on a bundle of representative goods. It is well known that this approach might overstate inflation for new products and products with fast increasing quality. For this reason, hedonic adjustment methods have been proposed and introduced in...
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