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Threshold dynmamics of short-term interest rates: empirical evidence and implications for the term structure

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dc.creator Archontakis, Theofanis
dc.creator Lemke, Wolfgang
dc.date 2007
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:06:15Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:06:15Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19679
dc.identifier ppn:524743509
dc.identifier RePEc:zbw:bubdp1:5405
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19679
dc.description This paper studies a nonlinear one-factor term structure model in discrete time. The single factor is the short-term interest rate, which is modeled as a self-exciting threshold autoregressive (SETAR) process. Our specification allows for shifts in the intercept and the variance. The process is stationary but mimics the nearly I(1) dynamics typically encountered with interest rates. In comparison with a linear model, we find empirical evidence in favor of the threshold model for Germany and the US. Based on the estimated short-rate dynamics we derive the implied arbitrage-free term structure of interest rates. Since analytical solutions are not feasible, bond prices are computed by means of Monte Carlo integration. The resulting term structure exhibits properties that are qualitatively similar to those observed in the data and which cannot be captured by the linear Gaussian one-factor model. In particular, our model captures the nonlinear relation between long rates and the short rate found in the data.
dc.language eng
dc.relation Discussion paper Series 1 / Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungszentrum der Deutschen Bundesbank 2007,02
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject E43
dc.subject G12
dc.subject C22
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Non-affine term structure models
dc.subject SETAR models
dc.subject Asset pricing
dc.subject Zinsstruktur
dc.subject Zins
dc.subject Dynamisches Modell
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Theorie
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.subject USA
dc.subject regime-switching
dc.title Threshold dynmamics of short-term interest rates: empirical evidence and implications for the term structure
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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