The asymptotic behavior of the term structure of interest rates

Härtel, Maximilian (2015): The asymptotic behavior of the term structure of interest rates. Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics

Abstract

In this dissertation we investigate long-term interest rates, i.e. interest rates with maturity going to infinity, in the post-crisis interest rate market. Three different concepts of long-term interest rates are considered for this purpose: the long-term yield, the long-term simple rate, and the long-term swap rate. We analyze the properties as well as the interrelations of these long-term interest rates. In particular, we study the asymptotic behavior of the term structure of interest rates in some specific models. First, we compute the three long-term interest rates in the HJM framework with different stochastic drivers, namely Brownian motions, Lévy processes, and affine processes on the state space of positive semidefinite symmetric matrices. The HJM setting presents the advantage that the entire yield curve can be modeled directly. Furthermore, by considering increasingly more general classes of drivers, we were able to take into account the impact of different risk factors and their dependence structure on the long end of the yield curve. Finally, we study the long-term interest rates and especially the long-term swap rate in the Flesaker-Hughston model and the linear-rational methodology.

• Item Type: Theses (Dissertation, LMU Munich)
• Keywords: Interest Rates, Asymptotic Behavior, Yield Curve, Long-Term Interest Rates
• Subjects: 500 Natural sciences and mathematics; 500 Natural sciences and mathematics > 510 Mathematics
• Faculties: Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
• Language: English
• Date of oral examination: 8. December 2015
• 1. Referee: Biagini, Francesca
• Signature of the printed copy: 0001/UMC 23485