Level, Slope, Curvature of Sovereign Yield Curve and Fiscal Behaviour

We study fiscal behaviour and the sovereign yield curve in the U.S. and Germany in the period 1981:I-2009:IV. The latent factors, level, slope and curvature, obtained with the Kalman filter, are used in a VAR with macro and fiscal variables, controlling for financial stress conditions. In the U.S.,...

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Autor principal: António Afonso (author)
Outros Autores: Manuel Mota Freitas Martins (author)
Formato: other
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2010
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Texto completo:https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/71393
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/71393