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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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Afonso, António (author)
Outros Autores: Martins, Manuel M. F. (author)
Formato: workingPaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2011
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2861
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2861