2000
DOI: 10.1111/1468-036x.00129
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Risk structure of interest rates: an empirical analysis for Deutschemark‐denominated bonds

Abstract: This paper empirically studies the risk structure of interest rates for Deutschemarkdenominated bonds. For this purpose, we estimate term structures of interest rates using the parsimonious fitting function of Nelson and Siegel (1987) for virtually risk free Government bonds and five different rating categories classified by Moody's ratings (Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba). The sample period covers the time interval from July 1990 to December 1996. We investigate the pricing errors resulting from our estimation procedure… Show more

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“…For the importance of considering credit spreads over the entire term structure and alternative methods for the estimation of interest and default term structures, see, Dullmann et al . ().…”
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“…For the importance of considering credit spreads over the entire term structure and alternative methods for the estimation of interest and default term structures, see, Dullmann et al . ().…”
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“…The Corporate Composite market index contains all European corporate bonds included in the 23 maturity and rating class sub-indices. 14 For the importance of considering credit spreads over the entire term structure and alternative methods for the estimation of interest and default term structures, see, Dullmann et al (2000). 15 Term risk premiums are, therefore, calculated based on excess returns.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Also, the Nelson-Siegel model has known a great success in academic research. Indeed, Dullman, Klaus, Marliese Uhrig-Homburg, and Windfuhr [11] used the Nelson-Siegel model to construct a ZC rates adapted to the German bond market.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The time 10 (Today's date-1)-the operation date≤30 test bases on the difference between the date of today-1 and the operation date 11 , we post "True" if the Treasury bill has an historic of one month or less and "False" if the historic exceed one month.…”
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