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Stressed Interbank Markets : Evidence from the European Financial and Sovereign Debt Crisis
Frutos de Andres, Juan Carlos - 2016
This paper documents stress in the unsecured overnight interbank market in the euro area over the course of the financial and sovereign debt crisis in Europe. We find that stress i) leads some banks to borrow in the market at rates that are higher than the rate of the marginal lending facility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987868
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The Euro Area Sovereign Debt Crisis : Safe Haven, Credit Rating Agencies and the Spread of the Fever from Greece, Ireland and Portugal
De Santis, Roberto A. - 2012
from Greece. Specifically, higher risk aversion has increased the demand for the Bund and this is behind the pricing of all … key role in the developments of the spreads for Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Finally, the rating downgrade in … Greece has contributed to developments in spreads of countries with weaker fiscal fundamentals: Ireland, Portugal, Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111942
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Bond Risk Premia, Macroeconomic Factors and Financial Crisis in the Euro Area
Garcia, Juan A. - 2016
This paper investigates the power of macroeconomic factors to explain euro area bond risk premia using (i) a large dataset that captures the nowadays data-rich environment (ii) the Elastic Net variable selection. We find that macroeconomic factors, in particular economic activity and sentiment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984568
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Bond risk premia, macroeconomic factors and financial crisis in the euro area
Garcí­a, Juan Angel; Werner, Sebastian E. V. - 2016
This paper investigates the power of macroeconomic factors to explain euro area bond risk premia using (i) a large dataset that captures the nowadays data-rich environment (ii) the Elastic Net variable selection. We find that macroeconomic factors, in particular economic activity and sentiment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605983
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The Dynamics of Spillover Effects during the European Sovereign Debt Crisis
Alter, Adrian - 2013
In this paper we develop empirical measures for the strength of spillover effects. Modifying and extending the framework by Diebold and Yilmaz (2011), we quantify spillovers between sovereign credit markets and banks in the euro area. Spillovers are estimated recursively from a vector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081460
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Firm or Bank Weakness? Access to Finance Since the European Sovereign Debt Crisis
Corbisiero, Giuseppe - 2020
This paper uses a unique dataset where credit rejections experienced by euro area firms are matched with firm and bank characteristics. This allows us to study simultaneously the role that bank and firm weakness had in the credit reduction observed in the euro area during the sovereign debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844332
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The Impact of News and the SMP on Realized (Co)Variances in the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Market
Beetsma, Roel M. W. J. - 2014
We use realised variances and co-variances based on intraday data from Eurozone sovereign bond market to measure the dependence structure of eurozone sovereign yields. Our analysis focuses on the impact of news, obtained from the Eurointelligence newsflash, on the dependence structure. More news...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060538
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Government Debt and Banking Fragility : The Spreading of Strategic Uncertainty
Cooper, Russell; Nikolov, Kalin - 2021
exists. In equilibrium, banks' rational expectations of a bailout ensure that no equity is issued and the sovereign-bank loop …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315387
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A Financial Systemic Stress Index for Greece
Louzis, Dimitrios P. - 2013
The paper develops a financial systemic stress index (FSSI) for Greece. We present a methodology for constructing and …, conducted among financial experts, in order to construct a benchmark chronology of financial crises for Greece, which in turn is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080092
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The Minimum Liquidity Deficit and the Maturity Structure of Central Banks' Open Market Operations : Lessons from the Financial Crisis
Eisenschmidt, Jens - 2011
This paper studies the relationship between the size of the banking sector's refinancing needs vis-à-vis the central bank and auction rates in its open market operations in times of financial market stress. In a theoretical model, it is found that marginal rates at central bank auctions may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132236