Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11023387 | Economics Letters | 2018 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
We study monetary policy introducing a novel index for policy attention based on daily Google Trends data. This index is used in a high-frequency analysis of volatility spill-overs on US and European fixed income markets. Policy attention contains significant information on asset variances and the international transmission of policy.
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Authors
Paul Wohlfarth,