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Government bond yields and foreign ownership of debt

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  • Menno Broos
  • Jakob de Haan

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We analyse the government bond yield spread vis-à-vis Germany for 10 countries in the euro area for the period 1991 to 2009. Our results suggest a positive relationship between the marginal impact of government debt on the spread and foreign ownership of the government debt of the country concerned for countries currently facing difficulties to finance their deficits. This conditioning effect is absent in other countries in our sample.

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  • Menno Broos & Jakob de Haan, 2012. "Government bond yields and foreign ownership of debt," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(5), pages 435-438, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:19:y:2012:i:5:p:435-438
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.581206
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