Liquidity in the euro area sovereign bond market during the “dash for cash” driven by the COVID-19 crisis

IF 2.1 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112151

Vassilios G. Papavassiliou , Fan Dora Xia

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Abstract

We study the liquidity of the euro area sovereign bond market during the March 2020 dash for cash. We provide evidence that liquidity was significantly impaired across the three core euro area countries. We note that the liquidity deterioration was not as severe as that during the euro area sovereign debt crisis. Spikes in illiquidity are reversed in the period immediately following the dash for cash episode. We also document strong commonalities in liquidity that are reduced after the dash for cash. This finding indicates that variation in liquidity exhibits a strong common component highlighting the systemic risk that comes as a result.

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Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

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