Pelizzon, Loriana; Subrahmanyam, Marti G.; Tomio, Davide; … - 2018 - This version: October 2018
We show that bond purchases undertaken in the context of quantitative easing efforts by the European Central Bank …. On top of the direct effect the buying pressure exerted on bond prices, we show three indirect channels through which the …: the deterioration of bond market liquidity, the increased bond specialness on the repurchase agreement market, and the …