Term Structure of Interest Rates : : Expectations and Behavior Patterns / / Burton Gordon Malkiel.

Can expectations alone explain the yield differentials among bonds of different maturities? To what extend do attitudes toward risk and transactions costs influence the behavior of bond investors? Is it possible for the Federal Reserve to "twist" the interest-rate structure in accordance w...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1966
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1927
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Physical Description:1 online resource (294 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1. The Yield Curve: Methods of Construction and Historical Patterns
  • 2. The Traditional Expectations Theory and Its Critics
  • 3. An Alternative Formulation of the Expectations Theory
  • 4. An Empirical Test of the Reformulated Expectations Hypothesis
  • 5. Transactions Costs and the Term Structure of Interest Rates
  • 6. Modifications for Institutional Preferences and Diverse Expectations: Some Empirical Evidence on Behavior Patterns
  • 7. A Synthesis of the Expectations and Institutional Theories
  • 8. Summary and Policy Implications
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index