A New Linear Estimator for Gaussian Dynamic Term Structure Models
提出一种基于回归的线性估计量来估计高斯动态期限结构模型,无需数值优化,且渐近等价于最大似然估计,在加拿大债券市场数据中验证了有效性。
This paper proposes a novel regression-based approach to the estimation of Gaussian dynamic term structure models that avoids numerical optimization. This new estimator is an asymptotic least squares estimator defined by the no-arbitrage conditions upon which these models are built. We discuss some efficiency considerations of this estimator, and show that it is asymptotically equivalent to maximum likelihood estimation. Further, we note that our estimator remains easy-to-compute and asymptotically efficient in a variety of situations in which other recently proposed approaches lose their tractability. We provide an empirical application in the context of the Canadian bond market.