Dötz, Niko; Fischer, Christoph - 2010
This paper presents a new approach for analysing the recent development of EMU sovereign bond spreads. Based on a GARCH …, the rescue of Bear Stearns in March 2008 seems to mark a change in market perceptions of sovereign bond risk. The … sovereign spreads, it increasingly moved into investors’ focus as financial sector soundness weakened. -- Sovereign bond spread …