Publication

Aug 2013

This paper studies the effects of European Central Bank (ECB) communications about unconventional monetary operations on the perceived sovereign risk of Italy. The authors find that the ECB announcements about unconventional monetary policies substantially reduced Italian long-term government bond yield spread relative to German counterparts.

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Author Matteo Falagiarda, Stefan Reitz
Series Kiel Institute Working Papers
Issue 1866
Publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Copyright © 2013 Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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