An Assessment of Estimates of Term Structure Models for the United States
October 1, 2011
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Summary
The paper assesses estimates of term structure models for the United States. To this end, this paper first describes the mathematics underlying two types of term structure models, namely the Nelson-Siegel and Cox, Ingersoll and Ross family of models, and the estimation techniques. It then presents estimations of some of specific models within these families of models?three-factor Nelson-Siegel Model, four-factor Svensson model, and preference-free, two-factor Cox, Ingersoll and Roll model?for the United States from 1972 to mid 2011. It subsequently provides an assessment of the estimations. It concludes that these estimations of the term structure models successfully capture the dynamics of the term structure in the United States.
Subject: Bonds, Econometric analysis, Factor models, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial services, Market risk, Securities, Yield curve
Keywords: bond return, Bonds, CIR model, Factor models, Global, Market risk, Securities, Svensson model, term structure, Term structure models, term structure of interest rates, Treasury securities, Treasury security yield, U.S Treasury, WP, Yield curve, yield curves, yield-macro NSMS, yields on U.S. Treasury securities
Pages:
31
Volume:
2011
DOI:
Issue:
247
Series:
Working Paper No. 2011/247
Stock No:
WPIEA2011247
ISBN:
9781463923266
ISSN:
1018-5941
