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Bank use of sovereign CDS in the eurozone crisis : hedging and risk incentives
Acharya, Viral V.; Gündüz, Yalın; Johnson, Tim - 2018
Using a comprehensive dataset from German banks, we document the usage of sovereign credit default swaps (CDS) during the European sovereign debt crisis of 2008-2013. Banks used the sovereign CDS market to extend, rather than hedge, their long exposures to sovereign risk during this period....
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The fiscal footprint of macroprudential policy
Reis, Ricardo - 2020
Monetary policy leaves a fiscal footprint. In some circumstances, relieving the fiscal burden becomes the main goal of policy, and inflation control is subordinate. This article notes that the same is true of macroprudential policy, and it characterizes the size and sign of its fiscal footprint,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012222608
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Enforcement of fiscal rules : lessons from the fiscal compact
Larch, Martin; Busse, Matthias; Jankovics, László - 2021
In 2012, 22 EU countries signed the Fiscal Compact, an intergovernmental agreement aimed at backing EU fiscal rules with national arrangements. The main objective of the Compact was to strengthen compliance. Based on a survey of national independent fiscal institutions, we take a closer look at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671881
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Optimal sovereign default
Adam, Klaus; Grill, Michael - 2013
When is it optimal for a government to default on its legal repayment obligations? We answer this question for a small open economy with domestic production risk in which contracting frictions make it optimal for the government to finance itself by issuing non-contingent debt. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733001
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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 …-parametric model imply persistent behavior in the volatility of changes for Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Belgium … eurozone countries by estimating dynamic conditional correlations. -- Credit default swaps ; long memory ; sovereign risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731982
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Institutionalizing eurozone exit : a modified NEWNEY approach
Huck, Steffen; Valasek, Justin Mattias - 2012
In this note, we argue that the Eurozone needs an institutional exit mechanism to enhance Eurozone stability, and … incentives for intra-Eurozone capital flight and maintaining Eurozone price stability. Our modifications eliminate moral hazard …Wir befürworten einen institutionellen Exit-Mechanismus für die Eurozone, nicht zuletzt um die Stabilität der Eurozone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683328
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Fiscal devaluation in a monetary union : conference paper
Engler, Philipp; Ganelli, Giovanni; Tervala, Juha; … - 2014
Between 1999 and the onset of the economic crisis in 2008 real exchange rates in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487256
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Fiscal devaluation in a Monetary Union
Engler, Philipp; Ganelli, Giovanni; Tervala, Juha; … - 2013
Between 1999 and the onset of the economic crisis in 2008 real exchange rates in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221275
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EMU and fiscal discipline: the end of the depreciation threat
Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998
Are the characteristics of the exchange rate regime relevant for the degree of fiscal discipline? What are the conclusions for fiscal behavior in Europe after the transition to EMU? These are the central questions that are analyzed in this paper from a theoretical point of view. After a general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428171
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Current account adjustment in EU countries : does euro-area membership make a difference?
Herrmann, Sabine; Jochem, Axel - 2013
The paper evaluates current account dynamics in countries with different exchange rate regimes within the EU. In this, the empirical analysis explicitly differentiates between countries with a flexible and a fixed exchange rate regime and members of a monetary union. In addition, we model the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211960