In this paper, we construct a single composite financial stress indicator (FSI) which aims to predict developments in the real economy in the euro area. Our FSI was shown to perform better than the Euro STOXX 50 volatility index for the recent banking crisis and the euro-area sovereign debt...

We use a Smooth Transition Conditional Correlation GARCH (STCC-GARCH) model applied to the euro area monetary policy rates and sovereign yields of Italy, Spain and Germany at 5-year maturity to estimate the threshold level of the signals above which the sovereign bond market moves to a crisis...

We use a Smooth Transition Conditional Correlation GARCH (STCC-GARCH) model applied to the euro area monetary policy rates and sovereign yields of Italy, Spain and Germany at 5-year maturity to estimate the threshold level of the signals above which the sovereign bond market moves to a crisis...

Die Beziehung zwischen Rechnungslegung und Kapitalmarkt ist in den letzten Jahren durch mehrere Entwicklungen stark beeinflusst worden. So ruft die Globalisierung der Kapitalmärkte bei den Anlegern ein Bedürfnis nach international vergleichbaren Rechnungslegungsinformationen hervor. Zugleich...