Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads

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Autor(a) principal: Afonso, António
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Jalles, João Tovar
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/25525
Resumo: With a panel VAR of 10 Euro area countries, we studied the budgetary determinants of government bond yield spreads vis-à-vis Germany between 1999Q1 and 2012Q4. We find that rising bid ask, VIX and debt differentials increase yield spreads; and improvements in the budget balance, higher growth prospects and depreciation lower the spreads. Moreover, rises in public wages or in social expenditure increase spreads, while increases in direct and indirect taxes lower the yield spreads. In the post-2007Q3 crisis period, rising expenditure components (except subsidies) increased spreads.
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spelling Budgetary decomposition and yield spreadsFiscal ComponentsBond YieldsGreat RecessionPVARImpulse ResponsesWith a panel VAR of 10 Euro area countries, we studied the budgetary determinants of government bond yield spreads vis-à-vis Germany between 1999Q1 and 2012Q4. We find that rising bid ask, VIX and debt differentials increase yield spreads; and improvements in the budget balance, higher growth prospects and depreciation lower the spreads. Moreover, rises in public wages or in social expenditure increase spreads, while increases in direct and indirect taxes lower the yield spreads. In the post-2007Q3 crisis period, rising expenditure components (except subsidies) increased spreads.Taylor & Francis GroupRepositório da Universidade de LisboaAfonso, AntónioJalles, João Tovar2022-09-19T14:05:55Z20162016-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/25525engAfonso, António and João Tovar Jalles. (2016)."Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads". Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 23, No. 15: pp 1093-1098.1466-4291 (Online)10.1080/13504851.2015.1136390info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:55:05Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/25525Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:09:22.624875Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads
title Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads
spellingShingle Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads
Afonso, António
Fiscal Components
Bond Yields
Great Recession
PVAR
Impulse Responses
title_short Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads
title_full Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads
title_fullStr Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads
title_full_unstemmed Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads
title_sort Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads
author Afonso, António
author_facet Afonso, António
Jalles, João Tovar
author_role author
author2 Jalles, João Tovar
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Afonso, António
Jalles, João Tovar
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Fiscal Components
Bond Yields
Great Recession
PVAR
Impulse Responses
topic Fiscal Components
Bond Yields
Great Recession
PVAR
Impulse Responses
description With a panel VAR of 10 Euro area countries, we studied the budgetary determinants of government bond yield spreads vis-à-vis Germany between 1999Q1 and 2012Q4. We find that rising bid ask, VIX and debt differentials increase yield spreads; and improvements in the budget balance, higher growth prospects and depreciation lower the spreads. Moreover, rises in public wages or in social expenditure increase spreads, while increases in direct and indirect taxes lower the yield spreads. In the post-2007Q3 crisis period, rising expenditure components (except subsidies) increased spreads.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Afonso, António and João Tovar Jalles. (2016)."Budgetary decomposition and yield spreads". Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 23, No. 15: pp 1093-1098.
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