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German Bund and on sovereign bonds in eight countries belonging to the euro area (Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy …
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We test the hypothesis that the government bond markets in the Eurozone are more fragile and more susceptible to self-fulfilling liquidity crises than in stand-alone countries. We find evidence that a significant part of the surge in the spreads of the PIGS countries in the Eurozone during...
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This paper examines the process of price discovery in the MTS system, which builds on the parallel quoting of euro …
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other countries in the euro area. The estimation of a multivariate, multi-country time series model (specifically a Global … VAR, or GVAR) using quarterly data for the EMU period suggests that euro-denominated government yields are strongly linked …
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The sovereign debt crisis has made it clear that central banking is more than keeping inflation low. Central banks are also responsible for financial stability. An essential tool in maintaining financial stability is provided by the capacity of the central bank to be the lender of last resort in...
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This paper proposes new metrics for the process of price discovery on the main electronic trading platform for euro …
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When entering a monetary union, member-countries change the nature of their sovereign debt in a fundamental way (e.g., they cease to have control over the currency in which their debt is issued). As a result, financial markets can force these countries' sovereigns into default. In this sense,...
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no evidence of a euro effect on trade flows among early euro adopters up to the year 2002. Second, this finding is robust … to extending the sample period to incorporate data up to 2013, covering five additional euro accessions. Third, while … there is no robust evidence of a euro effect, there is evidence that intra-EU trade flows have expanded faster than the …
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This paper provides an update on the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) estimates for 12 Euro area (EA) countries. First …-through elasticities, we find very weak evidence of a decline around the inception of the euro in 1999. However, our results reveal that a …
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This paper examines the demand and supply shocks observed in the present Eurozone member states and those observed in some neighboring countries. The analysis is based on recent data and each Eurozone member country is compared with an aggregate series corresponding to an area made up of the...
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