Preferred habitat and the term structure of interest rates in DSGE models

The aim of the present study is to use an alternative approach to derive the term structure of interest rates in DSGE models, which is based on the theory of preferred habitat. We show that this approach yields a substantial term premium which is time-variant. In particular, by introducing bonds of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Celso J. Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Economics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2019.1680124