German Bond Yields and Debt Supply : Is There a 'Bund Premium'? /

Are Bunds special? This paper estimates the 'Bund premium' as the difference in convenience yields between other sovereign safe assets and German government bonds adjusted for sovereign credit risk, liquidity and swap market frictions. A higher premium suggests less substitutability of sov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paret, Anne-Charlotte
Other Authors: Weber, Anke
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/235
Online Access:Full text available on IMF