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Was the European sovereign crisis self-fulfilling? Empirical evidence about the drivers of market sentiments

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  • Catherine Bruneau

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Anne-Laure Delatte

  • Julien Fouquau

    (NEOMA - Neoma Business School)

Abstract

We investigate the presence of self-fulfilling dynamics during the European sovereign crisis in the light of a theoretical model that we bring to the data. Our empirical framework allows us to empirically test the presence of self-fulfilling dynamics and to identify what may have driven the market sentiment during this crisis. To do so we estimate the probability of default of five European "peripheral" countries during January 2006 to September 2011 with a panel smooth threshold regression. Our estimation results suggest that (1) both the fundamentals and "animal spirit" ignited the European sovereign crisis; (2) we isolate the risk indicator through which investors' belief coordinate.

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  • Catherine Bruneau & Anne-Laure Delatte & Julien Fouquau, 2014. "Was the European sovereign crisis self-fulfilling? Empirical evidence about the drivers of market sentiments," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-01154350, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:cesptp:hal-01154350
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2014.07.001
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    JEL classification:

    • E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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