Paper #1194

Títol:

Speculative dynamics in the term structure of interest rates

Autor:

Kristoffer Nimark

Data:

Desembre 2009

Resum:

When long maturity bonds are traded frequently and rational traders have non-nested information sets, speculative behavior arises. Using a term structure model displaying such speculative behavior, this paper demonstrates that (i) dispersion of expectations about future short rates is sufficient for individual traders to systematically predict excess returns and (ii) the new term structure dynamics driven by speculative trade is orthogonal to public information in real time, but (iii) can nevertheless be quantified using only publicly available yield data. Speculative dynamics are found to be quantitatively important, potentially accounting for a substantial fraction of the variation of US bond yields.

Paraules clau:

Term structure of interest rates; Speculative dynamics; Excess returns; Nonnested information; Private information.

Àrea de Recerca:

Macroeconomia i Economia Internacional

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