The Term Structure of Interest Rates in a Pure Exchange Economy with Heterogeneous Investors
Author | : Jiang Wang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:33152069 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Term Structure of Interest Rates in a Pure Exchange Economy with Heterogeneous Investors written by Jiang Wang and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents an equilibrium model of the term structure of interest rates when investors have heterogeneous preferences. The basic model considers a pure exchange economy of two classes of investors with different (but constant) relative risk-aversion and gives closed-form solutions to bond prices. We use the model to examine the effect of preference heterogeneity on the behavior of bond yields. Extensions to cases of more than two investors are also considered