This paper tests the expectations hypothesis of the term structure of interest rates in seven major international markets from the perspective of behavioural finance. Using a cointegration and error correction approach, we find significant empirical support for the expectations hypothesis for only Germany and the USA. Therefore, investors' expectations are not rational, markets are inefficient and arbitrage between short-term and long-term bonds is limited in bond markets of Canada, the UK, France, Japan and Australia.
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