Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/258792 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Risk and Financial Management [ISSN:] 1911-8074 [Volume:] 15 [Issue:] 2 [Article No.:] 69 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-24
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
We investigate whether sovereign bond holdings of European banks are determined by a risk-return trade-off. Using data between 2011 and 2018 for 75 European banks, we confirm that banks exhibited risk-taking behavior during the sovereign debt crisis, e.g., due to moral suasion. In the period 2015-2018, however, banks' investments in sovereign bonds are characterized by sound risk-return considerations, suggesting a lessening of the doom loop. This result is mainly driven by banks in the core European countries, as banks in the GIPS countries do not exhibit such behavior, nor do they avoid riskier bonds following the sovereign debt crisis.
Subjects: 
sovereign exposures
risk-return trade-off
bank-sovereign nexus
doom loop
Sharpe ratio
JEL: 
G11
G18
G21
G28
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Document Type: 
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