Benchmarking the Expectations Hypothesis of the Interest-Rate Term Structure: An Analysis of Cointegration Vectors

Gary Shea ()

Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1992, vol. 10, issue 3, 347-66

Abstract: The author tests cointegration restrictions that are consistent with the expectations hypothesis of the term structure by employing the full-information maximum likelihood methods developed by S. Johansen. Yield curves appear to be the result of cointegration among interest rates. The cointegration vectors that best describe the long-term impact of interest-rate levels on interest-rate changes can often be written as linear combinations of interest-rate spreads. There is, however, difficulty in keeping short-term yields in such a restricted cointegrated system with other interest rates. Short-term speculative returns from long-term bonds do not conform to the expectations hypothesis.

Date: 1992
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