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The Expectations Theory of the Term Structure of Interest Rates in Australia *
Author(s) -
TEASE WARREN J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1988.tb02047.x
Subject(s) - yield curve , term (time) , economics , liberian dollar , interest rate , forward rate , money market , monetary economics , financial economics , finance , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of this paper is to test the expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates in the Australian market for short‐term financial assets. The paper finds that the joint hypothesis of the expectations theory and zero (or a constant risk premium) cannot be rejected in the period since the introduction of the tender system for sale of government securities in 1979. The floating of the Australian dollar in 1983 did not alter the findings.