Markov-switching models, rational expectations and the term structure of interest rates

Authors: Beyaert, Arielle; Perez-Castejon, Juan Jose

Source: Applied Economics, Volume 41, Number 3, February 2009 , pp. 399-412(14)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

In order to evaluate the efficiency of the monetary transmission mechanism, we develop the formulas for testing rational expectations theory in the term structure of interest rates with VAR models of stochastically switching regimes in which all the parameters are regime dependent. These formulas are obtained for the strict version of rational expectations as well as for the case where measurement errors are assumed in the expectations relationship. They are extensible to other contexts that involve variables linked by rational-expectations behaviours. The testing procedure is implemented on interest rates of the Spanish inter-bank money market. Measurement errors must be assumed to find signs favourable to the theory.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036840601007195

Affiliations: 1: Departamento de Metodos Cuantitativos para la Economia, Facultad de Economia y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Publication date: 2009-02-01

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