In this study we forecast the term structure of FIBOR/EURIBOR swap rates by means of recursive vector autoregressive (VAR) models. In advance, a principal components analysis (PCA) is adopted to reduce the dimensionality of the term structure. To evaluate ex-ante forecasting performance for...

In this study we forecast the term structure of FIBOR/EURIBOR swap rates by means of recursive vector autoregressive (VAR) models. In advance, a principal components analysis (PCA) is adopted to reduce the dimensionality of the term structure. To evaluate exante forecasting performance for...

Modelltheoretische Grundlagen des Zinssetzungsverhaltens von Geschäftsbanken -- Ökonometrische Modellierung u. a. mittels des Smooth-Transition-Ansatzes -- Empirische Analyse, den deutschen Bankensektor betreffend.