Core assumptions underlying the micro portfolio approach to public debt management -- A public finance framework for long-term sovereign funding decisions -- Recommendations for broader debt management objectives -- A new approach to model the shape and dynamics of the term structure of interest...

We analyze the role of different kinds of primary and secondary market interventions for the government's goal to maximize its revenues from public bond issuances. Some of these interventions can be thought of as characteristics of a "primary dealer system". After all, we see that a primary...