Fiscal policy events and interest rate swap spreads: evidence from the EU

In this paper we assess the importance given in capital markets to the credibility of the European fiscal framework. We evaluate to which extent relevant fiscal policy events taking place in the course of 2002 produced a reaction in the long-term bond segment of the capital markets. Firstly, we iden...

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Main Author: Afonso, António (author)
Other Authors: Strauch, Rolf (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2126
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2126