• openAccess   Bitcoin attention and economic policy uncertainty 

      GILL DE ALBORNOZ NOGUER, BELEN; Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Monfort Bellido, Mercedes; Ordonez, Javier Elsevier (2024)
      This paper explores the role of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) as driver of the Bitcoin public attention. Using Google trends data from January 2010 to November 2021 in a set of 22 countries, a Principal Components ...
    • openAccess   Disentangling permanent and transitory monetary shocks with a nonlinear Taylor rule 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Monfort Bellido, Mercedes; Pérez, Rafaela; Ruiz, Jesus De Gruyter (2021)
      This article provides an estimation method to decompose monetary policy innovations into persistent and transitory components using the nonlinear Taylor rule proposed in Andolfatto, Hendry, and Moran (2008) [Are inflation ...
    • closedAccess   Dissecting interbank risk using basis swap spreads 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Petit, Nuria; Ruiz, Jesus; Serrano, Pedro Wiley (2019)
      This paper analyses interbank risk using the information content of basis swap (BS) spreads, floating‐to‐floating interest rate swaps whose payments are associated with euro deposit rates for alternative tenors. To identify ...
    • openAccess   Does Perceived Corruption Converge? International Evidence 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Marco Gual, Amparo; Monfort Bellido, Mercedes; Ordóñez, Javier De Gruyter (2022-03-17)
      This article analyses the evolution over time of perceived corruption for a large set of countries worldwide. To proxy corruption, we use the recently proposed Bayesian Corruption Index (Standaert, S. (2015). Divining the ...
    • closedAccess   Forecasting multiple-term structures from interbank rates 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Petit, Nuria; Serrano, Pedro Elsevier (2018-02)
      The classic relationship between deposit rates and interest rate derivatives has been fractured since August 2007. Uncertainty in the interbank money market has increased the risk premia differentials on unsecured deposit ...
    • closedAccess   Intraday realised volatility relationships between the S&P 500 spot and futures market 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel Palgrave Macmillan (2009)
      In this paper, we provide additional evidence on the intraday lead-lag relationship in the S&P 500 stock index futures market. In particular, we focus on the dynamic interactions of market volatility. In contrast to previous ...
    • openAccess   Liquidity and hedging effectiveness under futures mispricing: International evidence 

      Andani, A.; Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Novales, A. Wiley (2009)
      We analyze the hedging effectiveness of positions that replicate stock indexes using corresponding futures contracts through the application of a dynamic, stochastic hedging strategy proposed by Lafuente, J. A. and Novales, ...
    • openAccess   On the compensation for illiquidity in sovereign credit markets 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Serrano, Pedro Elsevier (2015-03)
      This article analyzes the role of liquidity in the sovereign credit default swap (CDS) market. We employ a continuous-time specification to incorporate illiquidity as an additional pricing factor of default swap contracts ...
    • closedAccess   Pricing factors in multiple-term structures from interbank 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Petit, Nuria; Serrano, Pedro Elsevier (2019-03)
      This article analyzes the reward for the risk embedded in interbank derivatives, seeking to characterize the size and economic sources of the components of this risk premium in interbank spread quotes. The basis swap (BS) ...
    • openAccess   Social Exclusion and Convergence in the EU: An Assessment of the Europe 2020 Strategy 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Marco Gual, Amparo; Monfort Bellido, Mercedes; Ordóñez, Javier MDPI (2020)
      Economic convergence has long been a declared objective of the EU and considered the fundamental mechanism for achieving socioeconomic cohesion. The recent economic crisis had an uneven impact across EU countries and brought ...
    • openAccess   The effect of the EMU on short and long-run stock market dynamics: New evidence on financial integration 

      Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Ordóñez, Javier Inderscience Publishers (2009)
      This paper deals with the time evolution of stock market integra- tion around the introduction of the euro. In particular we test whether the degree of integration between the main eurozone countries increased after European ...
    • closedAccess   The impact of distressed economies on the EU sovereign market 

      Groba, Jonatan; Lafuente-Luengo, Juan Angel; Serrano, Pablo Elsevier (2013-07)
      Financially distressed economies inside the European Union (EU) are being blamed for producing a general increase in borrowing costs. This article analyzes the channels of default risk transmission within the EU countries ...