Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/152877 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 443
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We analyse the distribution of the TARGET cross-border interbank payment flows, from both a cross-section and time series point of view, using average daily data for the period 1999-2002. We find out that first, “location matters”, in the sense that bilateral payment flows seem to reflect an organisation of interbank trading between countries whereby the size of the banking sectors, geographical proximity and cultural similarities play a significant role. This result is confirmed also by a model developed drawing on the gravity models literature. Second, we find that the payment traffic in TARGET is strongly affected by market technical deadlines. In addition, such traffic is positively related mainly to the liquidity conditions and to the turnover of the euro area money market, (particularly the unsecured overnight segment). Our model also provides a good explanation of the determinants of the interbank payments settled in the EURO 1 system.
Subjects: 
EURO 1
euro area interbank market
location
payment systems
TARGET
JEL: 
E58
G20
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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