Government bond risk premiums in the EU revisited: The impact of the financial crisis

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-43

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bond markets; Financial crisis; Sovereign risk premiums

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952695569     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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