This paper investigates the expectations hypothesis for the Japanese term structure of interest rates using vector error correction models with multiple structural breaks, focusing on how the breaks affect volatility, risk premium and speed of the adjustment toward the equilibrium. Using...

This paper introduces a Bayesian approach to a Markov switching vector error correction model that allows for regime shifts in the intercept terms, the lag terms, the adjustment terms and the variance-covariance matrix. The proposed Bayesian method allows for estimation of the cointegrating...