Gerlach, Stefan; Schulz, Alexander; Wolff, Guntram B. - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2010
an aggregate risk factor is a main driver of spreads. This factor also plays an important indirect role for risk spreads … through its interaction with the size and structure of national banking sectors. When aggregate risk increases, countries with … that financial markets perceive a larger risk that governments will have to rescue banks, increasing public debt and …