Unconventional Monetary Policy and Auction Cycles of Eurozone Sovereign Debt

Roel Beetsma and Josha van Spronsen

No 14099, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We provide evidence that the ECB's unconventional monetary policy dampens yield cycles in secondary markets for Eurozone sovereign debt around new sovereign debt auctions. This dampening effect tends to be larger when market volatility is higher. Cycles caused by domestic auctions and the role of market volatility are largest for countries with low credit ratings. Auctions by these countries also generate highly-significant auction cycles in other countries. Auction cycles can have a non-negligible effect on debt-servicing costs, but these may be contained by concentrating debt issuance in tranquil periods and by coordinating auction calendars among countries, so as to maximize the dispersion of auction activity in time.

Keywords: Auction cycles; Sovereign debt; Asset purchase programs; Primary market; Secondary market; Market volatility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E43 G12 G15 G18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-11
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