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The Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure in Emerging Financial Markets: Some Evidence from Malaysia (1999-2015) - La struttura a termine dei tassi di interesse nei paesi emergenti: alcune evidenze empiriche nel caso della Malaysia (1999-2015)

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  • Tronzano, Marco

    (Università degli Studi di Genova, Scuola di Scienze Sociali, Dipartimento di Economia)

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This paper tests the Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure (EHTS) for Malaysia during the period following the Asian financial crisis. A multivariate cointegration approach provides evidence favorable to the EHTS, notwithstanding the uncertain support for the “symmetry” restriction and the existence of significant risk premia at all maturities. Causality tests reveal, moreover, that the short-term interest rate is strongly exogenous. Overall, these results are consistent with a policy based on a short-term interest rate instrument, albeit with some relevant qualifications related to the need of a gradualist approach in monetary policy implementation and of further research about the nature of term premia components. - L’articolo analizza la validità della “Expectations Hypothesis” sulla struttura a termine dei tassi di interesse in Malaysia nel periodo successivo alla crisi finanziaria asiatica. L’evidenza empirica prodotta da un approccio di cointegrazione multivariata è favorevole a tale ipotesi, nonostante un supporto incerto per la restrizione di simmetria e l’esistenza di significative componenti di premio per il rischio a tutte le scadenze. I tests di causalità, inoltre, mostrano che il tasso di interesse a breve è fortemente esogeno. Nel complesso, questi risultati sono favorevoli all’utilizzo di una politica monetaria basata sul controllo del tasso di interesse a breve, pur suggerendo la necessità di un approccio graduale nell’implementazione di tale politica e l’esigenza di ulteriori ricerche sulla natura delle componenti di premio per il rischio.

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  • Tronzano, Marco, 2015. "The Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure in Emerging Financial Markets: Some Evidence from Malaysia (1999-2015) - La struttura a termine dei tassi di interesse nei paesi emergenti: alcune evi," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 68(4), pages 521-550.
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    Term Structure of Interest Rates; Cointegration; Monetary Policy; Malaysia;
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    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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