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The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 75 No. 4 1993

Informational Content in Interest Rate Term Structures

Robert O. Edmister; Dilip B. Madan

Abstract

Employing continuous arbitrage pricing principles, closed-form expressions for the term structure of interest rates as functions of two specific rates are developed. Model restrictions to the two one-dimensional submodels are tested and rejected, thereby supporting the hypothesis that the term structure is at least two-dimensional. Evidence is also presented that supports the view that the informational content of the term structure lies in its longer maturities.

DOI
10.2307/2110024
Volume
75
Issue
4
Pages
695
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