Charakterisierung von Unternehmensanleihen -- Konzeption der empirischen Untersuchung und Datenaufbereitung -- Empirische Methodik: Bestimmung von impliziten Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeiten aus Zinsstrukturkurven -- Empirische Untersuchung: Analyse der impliziten Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeiten --...

This report presents a long-term view of the evolution of financing of EU non-financial corporations (NFCs) in recent decades. It finds a decline in NFC leverage since at least 2008, and across countries, size categories and industries. It also documents a growing role of non-bank financial...

This paper aims at providing a detailed analysis of the leading indicator properties of corporate bond spreads for real economic activity in the euro area. In- and out-of-sample predictive content of corporate bond spreads are examined along three dimensions: the bonds’ quality , their term to...