Defining Benchmark Status: An Application Using Euro-Area Bonds

53 Pages Posted: 2 Jun 2003

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Peter G. Dunne

Central Bank of Ireland

Michael Moore

University of Warwick - Warwick Business School

Richard Portes

London Business School - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: August 2002

Abstract

The introduction of the euro on 1 January 1999 created the conditions for an integrated government bond market in the euro area. Using a unique data set from the electronic trading platform Euro-MTS, we consider what is the 'benchmark' in this market. We develop and apply two definitions of benchmark status that differ from the conventional view that the benchmark is the security with lowest yield at a given maturity. Using Granger-causality and cointegration methods, we find a complex pattern of benchmark status in euro-area government bonds.

Keywords: Benchmark, euro government bonds, cointegration

JEL Classification: F36, G12, H63

Suggested Citation

Dunne, Peter G. and Moore, Michael John and Portes, Richard, Defining Benchmark Status: An Application Using Euro-Area Bonds (August 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=331501

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