The Yield Curve and Financial Risk Premia

Felix Geiger is currently working as research and teaching assistant at the Department of Economics, University of Hohenheim. His research spans a wide range of topics including the linkages between financial markets and monetary policy, banking systems, heterogeneous agent models, as well as economic policy coordination within currency unions.

Introduction. Theoretical Foundations for Policy Analysis: Financial Markets and Asset Pricing.- The Theory of the Term Structure of Interest Rates.- A Systematic View on Term Premia. The Term Structure of Interest Rates and Monetary Policy Rules: The Macro-Finance View of the Term Structure of Interest Rates.- Monetary Policy in the Presence of Term Structure Effects. Financial Stability and Monetary Policy: Financial Ris and Boom-Bust Cycles.- Conclusion and Outlook.- Dynamic Optimization.- State-Space Model and Maximum Likelihood Estimation.- Recursive Nature of the Expectations Hypothersis.- Derivation of Affine Coefficient Loadings.- Optimal Monetary Policy.

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"This book is a really interesting and valuable source for all those who are interested in broad and deep look to the financial side of economy. The structure of the book is clear and allows a reader to easily follow the author's considerations and conclusions. ... It is well written and in a clear way presents both theoretical and empirical approach to the topic. ... a useful source for all those determined to understand the reality beyond the mathematical models of term structure." (Malgorzata Doman, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1247, 2012)