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Filiació URV: SI ; En este artículo se identifican los principales determinantes de spreads soberanos considerando el bono alemán y de EEUU como benchmarks de referencia, para países de la Unión Europea y de la Unión Monetaria Europea, desde 2004 hasta 2011. Se aplica la metodología econométrica de datos de panel con efectos fijos. Los resultados presentan altos ajustes ante los distintos benchmarks. La crisis financiera presenta mayor impacto en los países de la eurozona. Futuras líneas de investigación podrían contemplar un periodo de estudio más amplio, incluir más variables macroeconómicas y agrupar los países de acuerdo con la similitud de sus fundamentales para realizar un análisis más exhaustivo de los mercados de deuda. ; This paper identifies the main determinants of sovereign bonds spreads, considering the German and US government bonds as benchmarks, for countries within the European Union and the European Monetary Union, from 2004 to 2011. The econometric methodology of panel data with fixed effects is applied, and the results indicate high adjustments in the face of the different benchmarks. The financial crisis shows a higher impact in those countries within the Eurozone. Future lines of research could contemplate a broader period of study, include more macroeconomic variables and group the countries according to the similarity of their fundamentals to conduct a more exhaustive analysis of the debt markets.

Policy makers have implemented a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to contain the spread of Covid-19 and reduce the burden on health systems. These restrictive measures have had adverse effects on economic activity; however, these negative impacts differ with respect to each country. Based on daily data, this article studies governmental economic responses to the application of NPIs for 59 countries. Furthermore, we assess if these economic responses differ according to the economic and sectoral context of the countries. By applying a counting model to the economic support intensity, our results quantify the average reaction of governments in counterbalancing the imposition of NPIs. We further re-estimate the base model by dividing the countries according to their GDP per capita, the intensity of their service sectors, and the expenditure by tourists. Our results show how each NPI implied a different level of economic support and how the structural characteristics considered were relevant to the decision-making process.