Arbeitspapier

On creditor seniority and sovereign bond prices in Europe

The recent increase of interest rate spreads in Europe and their apparent detachment from underlying fundamental variables has generated a debate on multiple equilibria in the sovereign bond market (see Grauwe and Ji (2012)). We critically evaluate this hypothesis, by pointing towards an alternative explanation: the increasing share of senior lenders (IMF, ECB, EFSF, etc.) in the total outstanding government debt of countries in crisis. We illustrate the close relationship between senior tranche lending - including Target2 balances - and recent developments in the sovereign bond market, both graphically and in a formal regression analysis.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 92

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Lending and Debt Problems
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
Governmental Loans; Loan Guarantees; Credits; Grants; Bailouts
Thema
Government bond spreads
Eurozone
senior tranche lending
multiple equilibria
sovereign debt crisis
Target

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Steinkamp, Sven
Westermann, Frank
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Osnabrück University, Institute of Empirical Economic Research
(wo)
Osnabrück
(wann)
2012

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Steinkamp, Sven
  • Westermann, Frank
  • Osnabrück University, Institute of Empirical Economic Research

Entstanden

  • 2012

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