In this study we trace changes in sovereign bond spreads over major phases of the recent international financial crisis for representative sovereign bond portfolios drawn from 43 countries, including 20 emerging economies. We extend upon traditional factor analyses and utilize propensity score...

This paper empirically investigates the effect of returns in the US on the returns in Colombia during 1988-2007. Monthly data is used. A new method that is robust to non-normality and time-varying volatility is applied. Our empirical findings indicate that the Colombian financial market is...