 What is a prime bank? A Euribor � OIS spread perspectiveMarco Taboga ()
No 895, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) from Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Abstract: Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2007, the level and volatility of Euribor � OIS differentials have increased significantly. According to the extant literature, this variability is mainly explained by credit and liquidity risk premia. I provide evidence that part of the variability might also be explained by ambiguity in the phrasing of the Euribor survey. Participants in the survey are asked at what rate they believe interbank funds to be exchanged between prime banks; given the lack of a clear definition of the concept of prime bank, this question might leave room for subjective judgment. In particular, I find evidence that some variability of Euribor rates might be explained by changes in the survey participants' perception of what a prime bank is. This adds to the difficulties already encountered by previous studies in exactly identifying and measuring the determinants of Euribor rates. I argue that these difficulties are at odds with the clarity, simplicity and replicability that should be required of a widely utilized financial benchmark. Keywords: Euribor rates; Euribor survey; Euribor � OIS spread (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bdi:wptemi:td_895_13 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) from Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Contact information at EDIRC. |
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