In this paper I propose a regime-switching approach to explain why the U.S. nominal yield curve on average has been steeper since the mid-1980s than during the Great Inflation of the 1970s. I show that, once the possibility of regime switches in the short-rate process is incorporated into...

In this paper I propose a regime switching approach to explain why the US nominal yield curve has been on average steeper since the mid-1980's than during the Great Inflation of the 1970's. I show that, once the possibility of regime switches in the short-rate process is incorporated into...

This paper develops a DSGE model in which banks use short term deposits to provide firms with long-term credit. The demand for long-term credit arises because firms must borrow in order to finance their capital stock which they only adjust at infrequent intervals. We show that the presence of...

In this paper I study how exogenous monetary policy impulses jointly transmit to the US macroeconomy and term structure. I estimate a Macro-Affine Term Structure Model similar to Joslin, Priebsch and Singleton (2010), and use this framework to identify monetary policy shocks and term premia. My...

This paper develops a DSGE model where banks use short-term deposits to provide firms with long-term credit. The demand for long-term credit arises because firms borrow in order to finance their capital stock which they only adjust at infrequent intervals. Within an RBC framework, we show that...

This paper develops a DSGE model in which banks use short-term deposits to provide firms with long-term credit. The demand for long-term credit arises because firms borrow in order to finance their capital stock which they only adjust at infrequent intervals. We show within a real business cycle...