Liquidity and the Cost of Funds in the European Treasury Bills Market
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- 1 March 2004
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
We analyze empirically the determinants of Eurozone Treasury bills yields. Market microstructure as well as macroeconomic variables are found to significantly impact yields. Secondary trading in a centralized transparent electronic limit order book enhances liquidity and thus reduce yields. Irregularly issuing securities raises the yields government must pay. Consistent with the flight to quality hypothesis, yields are lower when the stock market is volatile. In such periods, the value of liquidity is found to be particularly high. Finally, yields are found to be greater when governments are more indebted.Keywords
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