In the present article, we examine the dynamics of euro-area sovereign bond yield spreads focusing on issues related to financial integration and market conditions. The property of a root falling near the unity threshold, in the data generation process of the underlying bond yields, marks the...

The paper examines proposals for euro bonds. The aim is to highlight the broader context of various proposals and, in particular, to assess their impact less as a solution to the problems of the current economic and financial conjuncture and, more, to focus on their long-term consequences for...

In this paper, we assess the movements of euro area sovereign bond yield spreads vis-à-vis the German Bund as processes specified across different levels of volatility and subject to movements in asset prices and economic conditions. The determinants we use are grouped into domestic and...

The rational expectations hypothesis for survey and model-based inflation forecasts ? from the Survey of Professional Forecasters and the Greenbook respectively ? is examined by properly taking into account persistence in the data. The finding of near-unit-root effects in inflation and inflation...

The relation between bond and equity returns serves as a proxy for estimating the premia investors' demand on their equity portfolio holdings and assessing the substitution effects between the two markets. With this in mind, we examine empirically the co-movements and the underlying information...

A crucial issue for financial markets valuation is the interrelationship between the balance sheet figures in stock markets and economic conditions. In this framework empirical research has concentrated on the derivation of the aggregate fair values in stock markets through the examination of...