TY - JOUR
T1 - Sovereign credit risk, liquidity, and European Central Bank intervention
T2 - Deus ex machina?
AU - Pelizzon, Loriana
AU - Subrahmanyam, Marti G.
AU - Tomio, Davide
AU - Uno, Jun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - We examine the dynamic relation between credit risk and liquidity in the Italian sovereign bond market during the eurozone crisis and the subsequent European Central Bank (ECB) interventions. Credit risk drives the liquidity of the market. A 10% change in the credit default swap (CDS) spread leads to a 13% change in the bid-ask spread, the relation being stronger when the CDS spread exceeds 500 basis points. The Long-Term Refinancing Operations of the ECB weakened the sensitivity of market makers’ liquidity provision to credit risk, highlighting the importance of funding liquidity measures as determinants of market liquidity.
AB - We examine the dynamic relation between credit risk and liquidity in the Italian sovereign bond market during the eurozone crisis and the subsequent European Central Bank (ECB) interventions. Credit risk drives the liquidity of the market. A 10% change in the credit default swap (CDS) spread leads to a 13% change in the bid-ask spread, the relation being stronger when the CDS spread exceeds 500 basis points. The Long-Term Refinancing Operations of the ECB weakened the sensitivity of market makers’ liquidity provision to credit risk, highlighting the importance of funding liquidity measures as determinants of market liquidity.
KW - Credit risk
KW - Eurozone sovereign bonds
KW - Financial crisis
KW - Liquidity
KW - MTS bond market
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.06.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84989913222
VL - 122
SP - 86
EP - 115
JO - Journal of Financial Economics
JF - Journal of Financial Economics
SN - 0304-405X
IS - 1
ER -