10 year government bond spreads of Belgium, France, Italy, and the Netherlands versus Germany over the period 1991 … euro implying that the efficiency of the euro area government bond markets under consideration has increased. Full …

-à-vis Germany in selected euro area countries during the period end-July 2007 to end-March 2009, when the financial turmoil … debt ratios relative to Germany contributed to higher government bond yield spreads in the euro area during the analysed …

In this paper, we study the dynamics and drivers of sovereign bond yields in euro area countries using a factor model … in individual euro area countries using a time-varying model. Using the reduced form results, we show decoupling of … periphery euro area bond yields from the core countries yields following the financial crisis and the scope of their subsequent …