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A comparative analysis of the informational efficiency of the fixed income market in seven European countries

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  • Bariviera, A.F.
  • Guercio, M. Belén
  • Martinez, Lisana B.

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This letter investigates the time-varying behavior of long memory in sovereign and corporate bond indices of seven European Union countries from July 1998 to November 2011. We compute the Hurst exponent and detect that the current financial crisis affects more the informational efficiency of the corporate bond market than the sovereign bond market.

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  • Bariviera, A.F. & Guercio, M. Belén & Martinez, Lisana B., 2012. "A comparative analysis of the informational efficiency of the fixed income market in seven European countries," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 116(3), pages 426-428.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:116:y:2012:i:3:p:426-428
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.047
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    Keywords

    Financial crisis; Long range dependence; Corporate bonds; Sovereign bonds;
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    JEL classification:

    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading

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