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Credit risk has become an important factor driving government bond returns. We therefore introduce an asset pricing …
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This paper analyzes the nominal yields of UK gilt-edged securities ("gilts") based on a Keynesian perspective, which holds that the short-term interest rate is the primary driver of the long-term interest rate. Quarterly data are used to model gilts' nominal yields. These models bring to light...
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Along time the European Union (EU) has been pointed as the most succeeded example of regional integration. Now, this example has been cruelly shaken by the EZ (Euro Zone) crisis, originating increasing doubts about the integration process. It is evident that the proposed solutions for attacking...
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This study presents empirical evidence about the determinants of long-term government bond yields for 19 economies of …
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An active role of fiscal policy has been rediscovered as a crisis remedy at the beginning of the financial crisis all over Europe. More recently, the Euro Crisis with its mounting governments' funding costs for a number of Southern EU member states and Ireland has called this strategy into...
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We examine the impact of fiscal positions, both the level of debt and the fiscal balance, on long-term government bond … a robust and significant effect of fiscal performance on long-term bond yields. Our estimates imply that the marginal … basis points to U.S. bond yields by 2015, with effects on other G7 bond yields generally being smaller …
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Public debt levels in advanced economies have increased dramatically over recent years and they could put considerable upward pressure on market yields. Using a novel identification approach based on financial accounts and focusing on panel regressions for 18 advanced economies over the period...
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cross-section of eight euro area government bond yield curves since January 1999. The existence of a common monetary policy …
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cross-section of eight euro area government bond yield curves since January 1999. The existence of a common monetary policy …
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