, cumulatively, due to low bond yields since the onset of the Euro crisis. In order to determine the contribution of the "flight to … quality" to this sum, we define the flight to quality as a factor which has caused German bond yields and crisis country bond …

find that, in the first year, the impairments of banks' bond portfolios are much larger than the reductions in their net … interest derivatives have lower impairments in their bond portfolios. In addition, we find that banks' exposures to interest …