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The reception of public signals in financial marketswhat if central bank communication becomes stale?

Ehrmann, Michael; Sondermann, David - European Central Bank - 2009

How do financial markets price new information? This paper analyzes price setting atthe intersection of private and public information, by testing whether and how thereaction of financial markets to public signals depends on the relative importance ofprivate information in agents’ information...

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The pricing of subprime mortgage risk in good times and bad: evidence from the ABX.HE indices

Fender, Ingo; Scheicher, Martin - European Central Bank - 2009

, liquidity and risk appetite. The results imply thatdeclining risk appetite and heightened concerns about market illiquidity …

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Measuring financial integration in the euro area

Baele, Lieven; Ferrando, Annalisa; Hördahl, Peter; … - European Central Bank - 2004

In this paper, we present a set of specific measures to quantify the state and evolution of financial integration in the euro area. Five key markets are considered, namely the money, corporate bond, government bond, credit and equity markets. Building upon the law of one price, we developed two...

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Implications for liquidity from innovation and transparency in the European corporate bond market

Laganá, Marco; Perina, Martin; Köppen-Mertes, Isabel von - European Central Bank - 2006

and transparency for liquidity of corporate bond markets. We have applied it to the illiquid segments of the European … systemic liquidity. We also found that post-trade transparency has surprisingly little bearing on liquidity in that where it … improves liquidity it is merely acting as a proxy for pre-trade transparency or transparency of holdings. We conclude that if …

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Hedge funds and their implications for financial stability

Garbaravicius, Tomas; Dierick, Frank - European Central Bank - 2005

assessment, hedge funds have a role as providers of diversification and liquidity, and they contribute to the integration and …

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On the Real Effects of Private Equity InvestmentEvidence from New Business Creation

Popov, Alexander; Roosenboom, Peter - European Central Bank - 2009

Using a comprehensive database of European firms, we study how private equityaffects the rate of firm entry. We find that private equity investment benefits newbusiness incorporation, especially in industries with naturally higher entry rates andR&D intensity. A two standard deviation increase...

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Fair value accounting and financial stability

Enria, Andrea; Cappiello, Lorenzo; Dierick, Frank; … - European Central Bank - 2004

Accounting standard setters are considering the wider use of fair value accounting. This paper focuses on the financial stability implications of a move in the banking sector from the current accounting framework to full fair value accounting. A simulation exercise is performed on how various...

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Does it pay to have the euro? Italy’s politics and financial markets under the lira and the euro

Fratzscher, Marcel; Stracca, Livio - European Central Bank - 2009

There is a broad consensus that the quality of the political system and its institutionsare fundamental for a country’s prosperity. The paper focuses on political events inItaly over the past 35 years and asks whether the adoption of the euro in 1999 hashelped insulate Italy’s financial...

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Measuring contagion potential among sovereigns and banks using a mixed-cross-section GVAR

Gross, Marco; Kok, Christoffer - European Central Bank - 2013

This paper aims to illustrate how a Mixed-Cross-Section Global Vector Autoregressive (MCS-GVAR) model can be set up and solved for the purpose of forecasting and scenario simulation. The application involves two cross-sections: sovereigns and banks for which we model their credit default swap...

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Issues in the ECU Markets and Some Tentative Explanations fro Some Apparent Puzzles.

Fell, J.P.C.; Levy, A. - European Central Bank - 1996

This study focuses on longer term influences and provides some potential explanations in ECU markets which were regarder by some financial market participants as puzzles.

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