We study the impact of news embedded in scheduled macroeconomic announcements on the government bond market in Poland and the Czech Republic. We conduct an event study on intraday data and time-series regressions using daily data over an eight-year period, distinguishing between effects under...

Using a structural model of default, we construct a measure of systemic default defined as the probability that many firms default at the same time. We account for correlations in defaults between firms through exposures to common shocks. The systemic default measure spikes during recession...

Modellierung von Liquidität -- Dynamisches Gleichgewichtsmodell zur Bestimmung von Liquiditätsspreads in illiquiden Anleihemärkten -- Eigenschaften des Liquiditätsspreads -- Empirische Untersuchung von Liquiditätsspreads -- Fazit und Ausblick.