Government risk premiums in the bond market: EMU and Canada

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-384

  Schuknecht, Ludger ^a   von Hagen, Jürgen ^b   Wolswijk, Guido ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bail out; Fiscal policy; Government debt; Interest rates; Regional public finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651174324     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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