Sovereign risk premiums in the European government bond market

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 975-995

  Bernoth, Kerstin ^a   Von Hagen, Jürgen ^b,c,d   Schuknecht, Ludger ^e,f  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^f German Ministry of Finance   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMU; Financial crisis; Fiscal policy; Sovereign bonds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861705864     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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