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Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, ranging from roughly 0.5% (Ireland) to a whopping 43% (Greece) of 2010 output … during the Eurozone crisis. We propose a model to analyze and understand bailouts in a monetary union, and the large observed … activity, debt-to-gdp ratio, default costs). Our model embeds a 'Southern view' of the crisis (transfers did not help) and a …
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subprime crisis and the Euro Area sovereign debt crisis—have also been key drivers of the sharp rise in bank funding costs …
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conditions in the CDS market. But the relative importance of these factors changes over time. While during the 2008/09 crisis … crisis. Our generalised variance decomposition analyisis does not suggest strong direct spillovers from the euro area …
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the crisis, particularly in stressed markets, and that SMEs in these economies appear to be most affected by elevated …
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Sovereign risk premia in several euro area countries have risen markedly since 2008, driving up credit spreads in the private sector as well. We propose a New Keynesian model of a two-region monetary union that accounts for this “sovereign risk channel.” The model is calibrated to the euro...
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While the use of public resources is critical to cushion the impact of the financial crisis on the euro-area economy …
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This paper documents and analyzes crisis-related changes in government debt issuance practices in the 16 euro zone … shift away from pre-crisis standards of best funding practices competitive auctions of debt instruments with a fixed coupon … conclude that the crisis and related changes in the macroeconomic environment and investor sentiment can account …
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Public debt ratios in Europe increased significantly in response to the pandemic and energy shocks and have remained higher than before the pandemic in most countries. Going forward, the projected public debt trajectories are broadly flat overall in advanced Europe but have a rising profile in...
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This paper explores the feasibility of an idea proposed first by the German Council of Economic Experts in 2011 and revisited by Italian and French authorities in 2021: the one-off mutualization of some European legacy debt through the creation of a European Debt Management Agency (EDMA). The...
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Credibility is the bedrock of any crisis stress test. The use of stress tests to manage systemic risk was introduced by … constructing an effective crisis stress test. It combines financial markets impact studies of previous exercises with relevant case …. Pertinent concepts, issues and nuances particular to crisis stress testing are also discussed. The findings may be useful for …
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