Measuring the liquidity impact on EMU government bond prices

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-169

  Jankowitsch, R ^a   Mosenbacher H ^b   Pichler, S ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross country analysis; EMU; Government bonds; Liquidity; Price impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944466832     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470500146041     Document Type: Article

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