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We analyze the impact of financial crises and monetary policy on the supply of wholesale funding liquidity, and also on the compositional supply effects through cross-border and relationship lending. For empirical identification, we draw on the proprietary bank-to-bank European interbank dataset...
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Using arbitrage-free affine models, we analyze the dynamics of German bond yields and risk premia for the period 1999 to 2010 (EMU). We estimate two model specifications, one with only latent factors, and another one with a Taylor-type rule comprising a price and a real activity factor drawn...
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The recent increase of interest rate spreads in Europe and their apparent detachment from underlying fundamental variables has generated a debate on multiple equilibria in the sovereign bond market (see Grauwe and Ji (2012)). We critically evaluate this hypothesis, by pointing towards an...
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This paper presents a simple theoretical model of the term structure and analyzes the relations among optimal portfolio decisions, the real term structure of asset returns, and the risks and price volatilities of assets with different terms to maturity when the investor preferences are...
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We advocate a dynamic approach to monetary convergence to a common currency that is based on the analysis of financial system stability. Accordingly, we empirically test volatility dynamics of the tenyear sovereign bond yields of the 2004 EU accession countries in relation to the eurozone yields...
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The purpose of the present paper is twofold. First, it describes zero-coupon yield curve estimates for Germany from September 1972 to February 1996 using a variety of curve-fitting procedures. Second, these estimates are tested for their information content regarding future inflation.
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Der vorliegende Beitrag verfolgt ein zweifaches Ziel. Erstens beschreibt er Schätzungen der Zinsstrukturkurven rur Deutschland von September 1972 bis Februar 1996 mit Hilfe verschiedener Spezifikationen. Zweitens werden diese Schätzungen verwendet, um den Informationsgehalt der...
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This paper introduces the Deutsche Bundesbank 's new procedure for estimating the term structure of interest rates. It describes the basic methodological approaches used (Nelson and Siegel (1987) and Svensson (1994)) and some fundamental concepts which are important for estimating and...
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