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| Title: | | A factor analysis approach to measuring European loan and bond market integration  |
| Authors: | | Wagenvoort, Rien Ebner, André Morgese Borys, Magdalena |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Economic and financial reports / European Investment Bank 2009/01 |
| Abstract: | | By using an existing and a new convergence measure, this paper assesses whether bank loan and bond interest rates are converging for the non-financial corporate sector across the euro area. Whilst we find evidence for complete bond market integration, the market for bank loans remains segmented, albeit to various degrees depending on the type and size of the loan. Factor analysis reveals that rates on large loans and small loans with long rate fixation periods have weakly converged in the sense that, up to a fixed effect, their evolution is driven by common factors only. In contrast, the price evolution of small loans with short rate fixation periods is still affected by country-specific dynamic factors. There are few signs that bank loan rates are becoming more uniform with time. |
| Subjects: | | financial market integration corporate loan corporate bond panel unit root test factor analysis |
| JEL: | | C12 C23 G12 G21 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Economic and Financial Reports, European Investment Bank
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