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The (ir)relevance of the nominal lower bound for real yield curve analysis

Schupp, Fabian - 2020

I propose a new term structure model for euro area real and nominal interest rates which explicitly incorporates a time-varying lower bound for nominal interest rates. Results suggest that the lower bound is of importance in structural analyses implying time-varying impulse responses of yield...

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Estimating the effects of the Eurosystem's asset purchase programme at the country level

Mandler, Martin; Scharnagl, Michael - 2020

We assess the macroeconomic effects of the Eurosystem's asset purchases on the four largest euro area economies using simulation exercises that combine unconventional monetary policy shocks with a fixed policy rate for the duration of the purchase programme. We identify unconventional monetary...

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Dispelling the shadow of fiscal dominance? : fiscal and monetary announcement effects for euro area sovereign spreads in the corona pandemic

Havlik, Annika; Heinemann, Friedrich; Helbig, Samuel; … - 2021 - This version: June 2021

We use event study regressions to compare the impact of EU monetary versus fiscal policy announcements on government bond spreads of ten euro member countries. Our motivation is to evaluate which of the two players - the ECB or the EU fiscal level - has been more crucial for the stabilization of...

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Scarcity effects of QE : a transaction-level analysis in the Bund market

Schlepper, Kathi; Riordan, Ryan; Hofer, Heiko; … - 2017

This paper investigates the scarcity effects of quantitative easing (QE) policies, drawing on intra-day transaction-level data for German government bonds, purchased under the Public Sector Purchase Program (PSPP) of the ECB/Eurosystem. This paper is the first to match high-frequency QE purchase...

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The Eurosystem's asset purchase programmes, securities lending and Bund specialness

Baltzer, Markus; Schlepper, Kathi; Speck, Christian - 2022

The Eurosystem's asset purchase programmes reduced the free float of German Bunds. Market participants feared impaired market functioning in the Bund market and monetary policymakers unintended consequences for monetary policy transmission. We study the intended and unintended consequences of...

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Effects of the ECB's communication on government bond spreads

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Neugebauer, Frederik; … - 2023

This paper investigates the financial market effects of the ECB's communication on the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP). Using data for 10 euro area countries, we first analyse the impact of different communication channels such as press releases, ECB blog contributions, speeches and...

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Collateral scarcity and market functioning : insights from the eurosystem securities lending facilities

Greppmair, Stefan; Jank, Stephan - 2023

We utilize the Eurosystem securities lending facilities as a laboratory to investigate the impact of collateral scarcity on market functioning. The reduction of securities lending fees, implemented in November 2020, provides a natural experiment for our analyses. This policy change results in a...

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Banks' holdings of risky sovereign bonds in the absence of the nexus : yield seeking with central bank funding or de-risking?

Frey, Rainer; Weth, Mark - 2010

For the largest 55 German banks, we detect the presence of countercyclical yield seeking in the form of acquisition of high-yielding periphery bonds in the period from Q1 2008 to Q2 2011. This investment strategy is pursued by banks not subject to a bailout, banks characterised by high...

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Sovereign default swap market efficiency and country risk in the eurozone

Gündüz, Yalın; Kaya, Orcun - 2013

sovereign CDSs of 10 eurozone countries to test the evidence of long memory behavior during the financial crisis. Our analysis … eurozone countries by estimating dynamic conditional correlations. -- Credit default swaps ; long memory ; sovereign risk … ; eurozone economies ; FIGARCH ; dynamic conditional correlation …

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The IMF to the rescue : did the euro area benefit from the fund's experience in crisis fighting?

Dullien, Sebastian; Fritz, Barbara; Mühlich, Laurissa - 2016

The paper analyses how the IMF brought its experience gained in emerging market sovereign debt crises in the troika’s handling of the euro crisis. We link models of multiple equilibria with the IMF's experience made in Latin American crises in the 2000s. We examine subsequent changes in the...

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