Has political communication during the crisis impacted sovereign bond spreads in the euro area?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-61

  Mohl, Philipp ^a   Sondermann, David ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

financial crisis; panel data; political communication; sovereign bond spreads

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; PANEL DATA; POLITICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84861563031     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.674201     Document Type: Article

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