Testing the expectations hypothesis in eurodeposits

Analyzing data on Euro-rates for 1978-1996, we find consistent evidence in favor of the Expectations Hypothesis (EH) of the term structure: a) interest rates offered on deposits in a given currency form a cointegrated system, b) the restrictions of the EH on the cointegrating relationships are not r...

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Autores: Domínguez Irastorza, Emilio, Novales Cinca, Alfonso Santiago
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/64207
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64207
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Expectations hypothesis
Term structure
Forward rates.
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Sumario:Analyzing data on Euro-rates for 1978-1996, we find consistent evidence in favor of the Expectations Hypothesis (EH) of the term structure: a) interest rates offered on deposits in a given currency form a cointegrated system, b) the restrictions of the EH on the cointegrating relationships are not rejected, except at the longer maturities, c) forward rates contain significant explanatory power on future ¡nterest rates, unbiadsedness being an acceptabIe hypothesis, which d) can lead to good interest rate forecasts, specially at the shorter maturities.