An important recent development in the pricing of interest rate derivatives is the emergence of models that incorporate lognormal volatilities for forward Libor or forward swap rates while keeping interest rates stable. These market models have three attractive features: they preclude arbitrage...

Implications of factor-based asset pricing models for estimation of expected returns and for portfolio selection are investigated. In the presence of model mispricing due to a missing risk factor, the mispricing and the residual covariance matrix are linked together. Imposing a strong form of...

Implications of factor-based asset pricing models for estimation of expecte d returns and for portfolio selection are investigated. In the presence of model mispricing due to a missing factor, the mispricing and the residual covariance matrix are linked together. Imposing a strong form of this...

This paper tests a traditional model of asset pricing, the CCAPM (Consumption Capital Asset Pricing Model), using data from the Spanish stock market. A generalized calibration method is used to test this model. This method allows us to judge the degree of correspondance between the population...

Sound debt management practices help protect government expenditures on debt servicing from aggregate shocks and prevent the occurrence of debt crises. Building on Giavazzi and Missale (2004), this article examines the optimal allocation of government debt for the Czech Republic. To calibrate...

This paper examines the impact of expected and unexpected impulses of monetary policy on the interest pass-through mechanism in nine Asian countries and the United States. It also investigates the asymmetry and rigidity of the pass-though process. The EC-EGARCH-M model is created for analyzing...

En este documento se estima una medida de compensación inflacionaria (Break Even Inflation) usando los rendimientos de los TES en pesos y de los TES indexados a la UVR para el periodo comprendido entre enero de 2003 y noviembre de 2009. Esta medida se descompone en expectativas de inflación y...

Este documento analiza la relación entre algunos fundamentales de la economía colombiana y la estructura a término de las tasas de interés para el periodo mensual comprendido entre enero de 2003 y diciembre de 2009. Para tal efecto, se caracteriza la curva de rendimientos a través de tres...

Este documento analiza la relación entre algunos fundamentales de la economía colombiana y la estructura a término de las tasas de interés para el periodo mensual comprendido entre enero de 2003 y diciembre de 2009. Para tal efecto, se caracteriza la curva de rendimientos a través de tres...

In this paper a state-space representation for the single-factor Cox, Ingersoll and Ross (1985) model is employed to analyse the intertemporal dynamics of the term structure for UK Gilts and Euro-denominated German Treasury bonds. Closed form solutions for the prices of discount bonds are...