How far can the long-run risk model with durable goods explain the variation of the yield curve?

Ryoichi Ikeda and Yoske Igarashi

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2024, vol. 89, issue PA, 444-459

Abstract: A consumption-based, long-run risk equilibrium model with nondurable and durable goods is estimated using US nominal interest rate data. The model generates upward-sloping nominal yield curves and nearly flat real yield curves, implying that the term structure of inflation risk premia is upward-sloping. Though both nondurable and durable consumption have statistically significant explanatory power for the movement of the short-term nominal rate, the overall explanatory power of the model is small. The estimated relation between the durable consumption growth and stochastic discount factor is opposite to that in previous studies that estimate similar models with equity data.

Keywords: Consumption-based model; Long-run risk; Durable consumption; Term structure of interest rates; Inflation risk premium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2023.07.107

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