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An analysis of euro area sovereign CDS and their relation with government bonds
Fontana, Alessandro; Scheicher, Martin - 2010
This paper studies the relative pricing of euro area sovereign CDS and the underlying government bonds. Our sample comprises weekly CDS and bond spreads of ten euro area countries for the period from January 2006 to June 2010. We first compare the determinants of CDS spreads and bond spreads and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746582
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Optimal research in financial markets with heterogeneous private information : a rational expectations model
Tinn, Katrin (contributor) - 2005
This paper investigates prices and endogenous research decision for financial assets. In rational expectations models … this paper extends this setting by incorporating the research cost decision and endogenising the variance of the private … signals that short-lived investors obtain in each period. It turns out that investors will be less willing to research in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003014962
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The euro area financial system
Hartmann, Philipp; Maddaloni, Angela; Manganelli, Simone - 2003
Four years after the introduction of the euro, this paper provides an overview of the current structure and integration of the euro area financial systems and related policy initiatives. We first compare the euro area financial structure with that of the United States and Japan. Using new and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009635984
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An analysis of euro area sovereign CDS and their relation with government bonds
Fontana, Alessandro; Scheicher, Martin - 2010
This paper studies the relative pricing of euro area sovereign CDS and the underlying government bonds. Our sample comprises weekly CDS and bond spreads of ten euro area countries for the period from January 2006 to June 2010. We first compare the determinants of CDS spreads and bond spreads and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640418
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Identifying financial constraints
Cherchye, Laurens; Rock, Bram de; Ferrando, Annalisa; … - 2020
We propose a new methodology to recover firm-time varying financial constraints from firms' production behavior. We model financial constraints as the profitability that firms forgo when budget constraints on production inputs bind, impeding them from using the optimal level of inputs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241106
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Liquidity hoarding and interbank market spreads
Heider, Florian; Hoerova, Marie; Holthausen, Cornelia - 2009
We study the functioning and possible breakdown of the interbank market in the presence of counterparty risk. We allow banks to have private information about the risk of their assets. We show how banks’ asset risk affects funding liquidity in the interbank market. Several interbank market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640453
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Balance Sheet Interlinkages and Macro-Financial Risk Analysis in the Euro Area
Kavonius, Ilja Kristian; Castrén, Olli - 2009
The financial crisis has highlighted the need for models that can identify counterparty risk exposures and shock transmission processes at the systemic level. We use the euro area financial accounts (flow of funds) data to construct a sector-level network of bilateral balance sheet exposures and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640455
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Interbank lending, credit risk premia and collateral
Heider, Florian; Hoerova, Marie - 2009
We study the functioning of secured and unsecured interbank markets in the presence of credit risk. The model generates empirical predictions that are in line with developments during the 2007-2009 financial crises. Interest rates decouple across secured and unsecured markets following an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640472
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The minimum liquidity deficit and the maturity structure of central banks' open market operations
Eisenschmidt, Jens; Holthausen, Cornelia - 2010
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/10009640515
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Macro-financial vulnerabilities and future financial stress
Lo Duca, Marco; Peltonen, Tuomas A. - 2011
This paper develops a framework for assessing systemic risks and for predicting (out-of-sample) systemic events, i.e. periods of extreme financial instability with potential real costs. We test the ability of a wide range of “stand alone” and composite indicators in predicting systemic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640687