A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Sovereign Risk, European Crisis-Resolution Policies, and Bond Spreads
Authors: Juha Kilponen, Helinä Laakkonen, Jouko Vilmunen
Publisher: Association of the International Journal of Central Banking
Publication year: 2015
Journal: International Journal of Central Banking
Journal acronym: IJCB
Article number: 8
Volume: 11
Issue: 2
First page : 285
Last page: 323
eISSN: 18154654
Web address : https://www.ijcb.org/journal/ijcb15q2a8.htm(external)
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/35762796(external)
We study the effects of a wide range of European crisis resolution policies, including large-scale asset purchase programs of the ECB, on ten-year sovereign bond spreads of seven European countries. Our results based on daily data on bond spreads suggest that policies that are directly geared towards easing the funding strains of the sovereigns and improving market liquidity have been most effective in calming the European sovereign markets. Quantitatively the largest effects on bond spreads are due to announcements of ECB’s SMP program and OMTs. At the same time, announcements of financial assistance programs have typically increased somewhat the perceived riskiness of long-term bonds in the guarantor countries but reduced the bond spreads in the countries receiving funding.
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