Arbeitspapier

Heterogeneous time preferences and interest rates: The preferred habitat theory revisited

The influence of heterogeneous time preferences on the term structure is investigated. Motivated by the Preferred Habitat Theory of Modigliani and Sutch, a model for intertemporal preferences accounting for preferred habitats is proposed. In a heterogeneous world, preferred habitats can explain humps in the yield curve. Agents with a long habitat prefer long term bonds to shorter instruments as the Preferred Habitat Theory predicts.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: SFB 373 Discussion Paper ; No. 1999,23

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Riedel, Frank
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes
(where)
Berlin
(when)
1999

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-10056153
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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Riedel, Frank
  • Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes

Time of origin

  • 1999

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