Risk Premia and Volatilities in a Nonlinear Term Structure Model

74 Pages Posted: 1 Apr 2013 Last revised: 2 Sep 2020

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Peter Feldhütter

Copenhagen Business School

Christian Heyerdahl-Larsen

BI Norwegian Business School

Philipp K. Illeditsch

Texas A&M University - Mays Business School - Finance Department

Date Written: September 1, 2016

Abstract

We introduce a reduced-form term structure model with closed-form solutions for yields where the short rate and market prices of risk are nonlinear functions of Gaussian state variables. The nonlinear model with three factors matches the time-variation in expected excess returns and yield volatilities of U.S. Treasury bonds from 1961 to 2014. Yields and their variances depend on only three factors, yet the model exhibits features consistent with unspanned risk premia (URP) and unspanned stochastic volatility (USV).

Keywords: Nonlinear Term Structure Models, Expected Excess Returns, Stochastic Volatility, Unspanned Risk Premia (URP), Unspanned Stochastic Volatility (USV)

JEL Classification: D51, E43, E52, G12

Suggested Citation

Feldhütter, Peter and Heyerdahl-Larsen, Christian and Illeditsch, Philipp K., Risk Premia and Volatilities in a Nonlinear Term Structure Model (September 1, 2016). Review of Finance, Forthcoming, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2242280 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2242280

Peter Feldhütter

Copenhagen Business School ( email )

Solbjerg Plads 3
Frederiksberg C, DK - 2000
Denmark

Christian Heyerdahl-Larsen

BI Norwegian Business School ( email )

Nydalsveien 37
Oslo, 0442
Norway

Philipp K. Illeditsch (Contact Author)

Texas A&M University - Mays Business School - Finance Department ( email )

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4113 TAMU | 210 Olsen Blvd
College Station, TX Brazos County 77843-4218
United States

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