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Financial Issues II

Wednesday, 15 October 2014: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Chair:
John Ashworth, Durham University—United Kingdom
Organizer:
M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University—Netherlands
Privilege or burden? A study on the long-term impact of public debt on sovereign ratings
Bernhard Bartels, Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz—Germany; Constantin Weiser, Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz—Germany
Macroecnomic effects on emerging-markets sovereign credit spreads
Ephraim Clark, Middlesex University—United Kingdom; Konstantino Kassimatis, Athens University of Economics and Business—Greece
Financial innovations and issuer sophistication in municipal securities markets
Stephan Whitaker, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland—USA
Q-targeting in new Keynesian models with credit market frictions
Burkhard Heer, University of Augsburg—Germany; Alfred Maussner, University of Augsburg—Germany
Discussants:
Burkhard Heer, University of Augsburg—Germany ; Bernhard Bartels, Johannes Gutenberg- University Mainz—Germany ; Ephraim Clark, Middlesex University—United Kingdom and Stephan Whitaker, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland—USA