Governments around the world are tackling the COVID-19 pandemic with a mix of public health, fiscal, macroprudential, monetary, or market-based policies. We assess the impact of the pandemic in Europe on sovereign CDS spreads using an event study methodology. We find that a higher number of...

This paper explores the implications of fiscal rules and independent fiscal institutions (IFIs) on sovereign risk. We employ a dynamic panel model for a sample composed of 24 countries members of the European Union over the period 2007-2019 and document that fiscal rules contain sovereign...

This paper explores the implications of fiscal rules and independent fiscal institutions (IFIs) on sovereign risk. We document that fiscal rules contain sovereign default risk in 24 countries members of the European Union measured by the credit default swap (CDS) spreads. IFIs, through...

This paper explores the institutional and human-nature determinants of financial investment behavior across households from 25 European countries by employing the seventh wave of the SHARE-ERIC survey. We find that households' investment behavior in shares or stocks is strongly associated with...

In this paper, we examine the nonlinear relationship between the number of fiscal rules in place and compliance with the European Union (EU) numerical fiscal targets included in the Stability and Growth Pact. Using a sample composed of 27 EU Member States for a period spanning 2000 to 2021, we...