Term Structure of Interest Rates : Expectations and Behavior Patterns /

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Can expectations alone explain the yield differentials among bonds of different maturities? To what extend do attitudes toward risk and transactions costs influence the behavior of bond investors? Is it possible for the Federal Reserve to "twist" the interest-rate structure in accordance w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malkiel, Burton Gordon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1966.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Interest rates.
Bonds.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
bonds (negotiable instruments)
Taux d'interêt.
Obligations (Valeurs)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Yield Curve: Methods of Construction and Historical Patterns
  • 2. The Traditional Expectations Theory and Its Critics
  • 3. An Alternative Formulation of the Expectations Theory
  • 4. An Empirical Test of the Reformulated Expectations Hypothesis
  • 5. Transactions Costs and the Term Structure of Interest Rates
  • 6. Modifications for Institutional Preferences and Diverse Expectations: Some Empirical Evidence on Behavior Patterns
  • 7. A Synthesis of the Expectations and Institutional Theories
  • 8. Summary and Policy Implications.

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