It is well-documented that government bonds with almost identical cash flows can trade at different prices. This paper analyzes the cross-section of bond spreads across developed European countries and documents a novel result. In periods of widening credit spreads, bond spreads between new and...

Verdelhan (2018) argues that the dollar HML factor (long high dollar beta currencies and short low dollar beta currencies) is a priced global risk factor beyond carry. In contrast, we document that the dollar HML factor does not explain the cross section of currency risk premia, is conditionally...