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The Term Structure of Interest Rates: Alternative Approaches and Their Implications for the Valuation of Contingent Claims

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  • Marti G. Subrahmanyam

    (Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, 44 West Fourth Street 10012-1126 New York NY)

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One of the most active areas of research in financial economics has been the modeling of the term structure of interest rates and its relationship to the pricing of contingent claims. There is a vast array of issues in the area, as well as a variety of perspectives, ranging from theoretical to practical. This article provides a general framework for the analysis of issues in the modeling of the term structure. Specifically, this article provides an overview of the conceptual issues and the empirical evidence in the area, based on an examination of five seminal models by Black, Scholes, and Merton; Vasicek; Cox, Ingersoll, and Ross; Ho and Lee; and Heath, Jarrow, and Morton. The article provides a synthesis of the area and suggests directions for future research. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory (1996) 21, 7–28. doi:10.1007/BF00949048

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  • Marti G. Subrahmanyam, 1996. "The Term Structure of Interest Rates: Alternative Approaches and Their Implications for the Valuation of Contingent Claims," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 21(1), pages 7-28, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:genrir:v:21:y:1996:i:1:p:7-28
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    1. Giuseppe Arbia & Michele Di Marcantonio, 2015. "Forecasting Interest Rates Using Geostatistical Techniques," Econometrics, MDPI, vol. 3(4), pages 1-28, November.
    2. Yue Zhou, 2020. "Rational Kernel on Pricing Models of Inflation Derivatives," Papers 2001.05124, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2020.
    3. Lim, Terence & Lo, Andrew W. & Merton, Robert C. & Scholes, Myron S., 2006. "The Derivatives Sourcebook," Foundations and Trends(R) in Finance, now publishers, vol. 1(5–6), pages 365-572, April.

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