Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82376 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Danmarks Nationalbank Working Papers No. 83
Publisher: 
Danmarks Nationalbank, Copenhagen
Abstract: 
We present findings on the secondary market liquidity of government and covered bonds in Denmark before, during and after the 2008 financial crisis. The analysis focuses on wholesale trading in the two markets and is based on a complete transaction level dataset covering November 2007 until end 2011. Overall, our findings suggest that Danish benchmark covered bonds by and large are as liquid as Danish government bonds - including in periods of market stress. Before the financial crisis of 2008, government bonds were slightly more liquid than covered bonds. During the crisis, trading continued in both markets but the government bond market experienced a brief but pronounced decline in market liquidity while liquidity in the covered bond market was more robust - partly reflective of a number of events as well as policy measures introduced in the autumn of 2008. After the crisis, liquidity in the government bond market quickly rebounded and government bonds again became slightly more liquid than covered bonds.
Subjects: 
bond market liquidity
government bonds
covered bonds
price impact
JEL: 
E43
G12
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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