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We analyze holdings of public bonds by over 20,000 banks in 191 countries, and the role of these bonds in 20 sovereign defaults over 1998-2012. Banks hold many

This paper reviews empirical and theoretical work on the links between banks and their governments (the bank-sovereign nexus). How significant is this nexus? Wh

The untold story of how FDR did the unthinkable to save the American economy.

This paper explores how banking sector developments and characteristics influence the propagation of risks from the banking sector to sovereign debt, including

This paper attempts to identify the fundamental variables that drive the credit default swaps during the initial phase of distress in selected European Large Co