We assess the ability of yield curve factors to predict risk premia in short-term interest rates and exchange rates across a large sample of major advanced economies. We find that the same tick-shaped linear combination of (relative) bond yields predicts risk premia in both short-term interest...

This thesis contributes to three major fields in the international finance literature: forward premium anomaly, monetary policy and exchange rate determination, and measuring monetary policy expectations from asset prices. In the first chapter, I develop a production-based asset pricing model...