spreads appear immune after April 2010. We argue that this might reflect the ECB's efforts to stop contagion during the euro … commercial banks and sovereigns, and focus on two questions. First, have the ECB's open market operations reduced market stress …, was there contagion among and between banks and sovereigns? We find evidence for both. Interestingly, sovereign CDS …

debt crisis. It shows that a deterioration in countries' fundamentals and fundamentals contagion – a sharp rise in the … spreads during the crisis, not only for euro area countries but globally. By contrast, regional spillovers and contagion have … been less important, including for euro area countries. The paper also finds evidence for herding contagion – sharp …

debt crisis. It shows that a deterioration in countries’ fundamentals and fundamentals contagion – a sharp rise in the … spreads during the crisis, not only for euro area countries but globally. By contrast, regional spillovers and contagion have … been less important, including for euro area countries. The paper also finds evidence for herding contagion – sharp …

debt crisis. It shows that a deterioration in countries’ fundamentals and fundamentals contagion – a sharp rise in the … spreads during the crisis, not only for euro area countries but globally. By contrast, regional spill overs and contagion have … been less important, including for euro area countries. The paper also finds evidence for herding contagion – sharp …

debt crisis. It shows that a deterioration in countries’ fundamentals and fundamentals contagion – a sharp rise in the … spreads during the crisis, not only for euro area countries but globally. By contrast, regional spill overs and contagion have … been less important, including for euro area countries. The paper also finds evidence for herding contagion – sharp …

tests for contagion (i.e., an intensification in the transmission of shocks across countries), fragmentation (a reduction in … European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) announcement of its Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) program in 2012. At the same time …, Italy and Spain became more interdependent after the OMT announcement, providing our only evidence of contagion. While this …

We examine contagion from a number of financial systems to the German financial system using the information content of … evidence for contagion from the US and European financial systems. Our results additionally confirm that the set up of the … financial rescue scheme in Germany partially shielded German banks but not insurance companies from contagion. Overall, our …