Author : Yacine Aït-Sahalia
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Book Synopsis Estimating Affine Multifactor Term Structure Models Using Closed-form Likelihood Expansions by : Yacine Aït-Sahalia
Download or read book Estimating Affine Multifactor Term Structure Models Using Closed-form Likelihood Expansions written by Yacine Aït-Sahalia and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We develop and implement a technique for closed-form maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) of multifactor affine yield models. We derive closed-form approximations to likelihoods for nine Dai and Singleton (2000) affine models. Simulations show our technique very accurately approximates true (but infeasible) MLE. Using US Treasury data, we estimate nine affine yield models with different market price of risk specifications. MLE allows non-nested model comparison using likelihood ratio tests; the preferred model depends on the market price of risk. Estimation with simulated and real data suggests our technique is much closer to true MLE than Euler and quasi-maximum likelihood (QML) methods.