Riding the Yield Curve : Risk Taking Behavior in a Low Interest Rate Environment /

Investors seek to hedge against interest rate risk by taking long or short positions on bonds of different maturities. We study changes in risk taking behavior in a low interest rate environment by estimating a market stochastic discount factor that is non-linear and therefore consistent with the em...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chami, Ralph
Other Authors: Cosimano, Thomas, Rochon, Celine, Yung, Julieta
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/053
Online Access:Full text available on IMF