Bond Yields, Sovereign Risk and Maturity Structure

[EN] The aim of this paper is to analyze the relation between maturity structure, sovereign bond yields and sovereign risk in the Economic and Monetary Union for the period of 1990–2013. The results confirm the existence of an inverse relationship between sovereign bond yields, sovereign risk and th...

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Autores: González Fernández, Marcos, González Velasco, María del Carmen
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/18554
Acesso em linha:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/6/4/109
https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18554
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Economía
Finanzas
Maturity structure
Sovereign risk
Debt maturity
Sovereign debt market
Descrição
Resumo:[EN] The aim of this paper is to analyze the relation between maturity structure, sovereign bond yields and sovereign risk in the Economic and Monetary Union for the period of 1990–2013. The results confirm the existence of an inverse relationship between sovereign bond yields, sovereign risk and the maturity structure of sovereign debt, regardless of the proxy that is used to measure sovereign risk and the time variance of the variables employed. The results indicate that risk shortens the maturity structure of sovereign debt because it reduces the stock of long-term debt. The relationship between maturity structure and sovereign bond yields differs depending on the risk of the countries analyzed (non-monotonic relationship) and the differences between peripheral and core countries are greater for higher levels of the yields. If we control for the indebtedness level of these countries, the results show that the relationship between the sovereign bond yields and maturity strengthens as the debt level increases.