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Decomposing the yield curve with linear regressions and survey information

The decomposition of bond yields into term premiums and average expected future short rates is impaired by the limited availability of information about the dynamics of the expectations component. Therefore, many studies require the model-implied average expected future short rates to be close to short rate expectations from surveys. In this paper, I restrict the variance of changes in model-implied average expected future short rates to match the variance of changes in short rate expectations from surveys. The variance of changes in survey expectations is relatively similar across markets and thus provides a reliable source of additional information about the expectation formation of investors. Technically, I impose a nonlinear restriction to the term structure model of Adrian, Crump, and Moench (2013). I show that typical small sample problems of term structure estimations can be mitigated if the restriction on the variance of changes is imposed. However, the analysis also makes a case for unrestricted estimations if they are based on a dataset with a typical sample length in macro finance, though.

ISBN
978-3-95729-835-5
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper ; No. 27/2021

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Thema
Affine Term Structure Models
Empirical Finance

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Halberstadt, Arne
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Deutsche Bundesbank
(wo)
Frankfurt a. M.
(wann)
2021

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Halberstadt, Arne
  • Deutsche Bundesbank

Entstanden

  • 2021

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