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Title: Banking and Sovereign Risk in the Euro Area

Author(s): Stefan Gerlach, Alexander Schulz and Guntram B. Wolff

Publication Date: May 2010

Keyword(s): banking, EMU, liquidity and sovereign bond markets

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: We study the determinants of euro area sovereign bond spreads since the introduction of the euro. An aggregate risk factor is a main driver of spreads, both directly and indirectly by interacting with the size and structure of national banking sectors. When aggregate risk increases, countries with large banking sectors with low equity ratios experience greater widening in yield spreads, suggesting that financial markets perceive a larger risk that governments will have to rescue banks, increasing public debt and therefore sovereign risk. Moreover, government debt levels and forecasts of future fiscal deficits are also significant determinants of sovereign spreads.

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Gerlach, S, Schulz, A and Wolff, G. 2010. 'Banking and Sovereign Risk in the Euro Area'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=7833