applications to the age-and sex-specific mortality rates in Switzerland and the Czech Republic. The point forecast errors of …This study considers the forecasting of mortality rates in multiple populations. We propose a model that combines … mortality forecasting and functional data analysis (FDA). Under the FDA framework, the mortality curve of each year is assumed …

factors have contributed to the recent decline in bond yields in the US. For that purpose, we start with a very general model … empirical part consists of a cointegration analysis with an error correction mechanism from the mid 80s until 2005. We are able … to establish a stable long-run relationship and find that the behaviour of bond rates in the last few years may well be …