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We trace the impact of the ECB's asset purchase programme (APP) on the sovereign yield curve. Exploiting granular information on sectoral asset holdings and ECB asset purchases, we construct a novel measure of the “free-float of duration risk” borne by price-sensitive investors. We include...
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This paper investigates the relationship between central bank (reverse) auctions and bill market liquidity. The …
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This paper investigates the relationship between central bank (reverse) auctions and bill market liquidity. The …
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We consider the effects of quantitative easing on liquidity and prices of bonds in a search- and matching model. The … a decline in yields, while they have opposite effects on market liquidity. This results in a price-liquidity trade …-off. Initially, liquidity improves in reaction to central bank demand. As the central bank buys and holds bonds, supply becomes …
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Large-Scale Asset Purchases can impact the price of securities directly, when securities are targeted by the central bank, or indirectly through portfolio re-balancing of private investors. We quantify both the direct and the portfolio re-balancing impact, emphasizing the role of investor...
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This paper quantifies liquidity and credit premia in German and French government bond yields. For this purpose, we …-`a-vis government bonds can be attributed to differences in liquidity premia. Adding the information on risk-free rates, we obtain model …
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find that on-the-run status has only a negligible effect on the liquidity and pricing once other factors have been … market, leads to significant liquidity spillovers. Specifically, we find that bonds which are deliverable into futures …
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This paper describes the response of three central banks to the 2007-09 financial crisis: the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. In particular, the paper discusses the design, implementation and impact of so-called "non-standard" monetary policy measures focusing...
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In the paper we investigate the empirical features of euro area money market turbulence during the recent financial crisis. By means of a novel Fractionally Integrated Heteroskedastic Factor Vector Autoregressive model, we find evidence of a deterministic level factor in the EURIBOR-OIS (OIS)...
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This study calibrates the term structure of risk premia before and during the 2007/2008 financial crisis using a new calibration approach based on credit default swaps. The risk premium term structure was flat before the crisis and downward sloping during the crisis. The instantaneous risk...
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