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  • design and estimation of Quadratic Term structure models
    Review of Finance, 2003
    Co-Authors: Markus Leippold, Liuren Wu
    Abstract:

    We consider the design and estimation of Quadratic Term structure models. We start with a list of stylized facts on interest rates and interest rate derivatives, classified into three layers: (1) general statistical properties, (2) forecasting relations, and (3) conditional dynamics. We then investigate the implications of each layer of property on model design and strive to establish a mapping between evidence and model structures. We calibrate a two-factor model that approximates these three layers of properties well, and show that a flexible specification for the market price of risk is important in capturing the stylized evidence in forecasting relations while factor interactions are indispensable in generating the hump-shaped dynamics of bond yields. JEL classification codes: G12, G13, E43.

  • design and estimation of Quadratic Term structure models
    The Finance, 2002
    Co-Authors: Markus Leippold, Liuren Wu
    Abstract:

    We consider the design and estimation of Quadratic Term structure models. We start with a list of stylized facts on interest rates and interest rate derivatives, classified into three layers: (1) general statistical properties, (2) forecasting relations, and (3) conditional dynamics. We then investigate the implications of each layer of property on model design and strive to establish a mapping between evidence and model structures. We calibrate a two­factor model that approximates these three layers of properties well, and illustrate how the model can be applied to pricing interest rate derivatives.

  • Quadratic Term structure models
    2000
    Co-Authors: Markus Leippold, Liuren Wu
    Abstract:

    We identify and characterize a class of Term structure models where bond yields are Quadratic functions of the Markov process. We label this class as the 'Quadratic class' and aim to lay a solid theoretical foundation for its future empirical application. We contribute to the literature in three aspects: (i) We identify the necessary and sufficient conditions for the Quadratic class in Terms of the Markov process, the instantaneous interest rate, and the pricing kernel. (ii) We characterize the properties of the bond yields and forward rates in Terms of their moment conditions and characteristic functions. (iii) We provide closed-form solutions to a wide variety of fixed income derivatives.