Heterogeneity of the determinants of euro-area sovereign bond spreads; what does it tell us about financial stability?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4650-4664

  Georgoutsos, Dimitris A ^a   Migiakis, Petros M ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bond yield spreads; Euro area; Financial stability; Investment confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884168808     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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