Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK and Boston, USA
:
Blackwell Publishers Ltd
Journal of business finance & accounting
27 (2000), S. 0
ISSN:
1468-5957
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
The stochastic duration based on the Vasicek and CIR models is theoretically superior to Macaulay’s duration. However, empirical tests on bond immunization performance have so far failed to show its superiority. Within the one-factor framework, this paper proposes to use a longer zero-curve yield instead of the original instantaneous interest rate as a proxy for the relevant risk source(s). We prove that the new duration becomes larger, increasing with bond maturity, than the original duration. Bond immunization using Belgian data shows that the new duration definitely beats the original duration and can in some cases outperform Macaulay’s duration.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-5957.00339
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