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A simple and general approach to fitting the discount curve under no-arbitrage constraints

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  • Fengler, Matthias R.
  • Hin, Lin-Yee

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We suggest a simple and general approach to fitting the discount curve under no-arbitrage constraints based on a penalized shape-constrained B-spline. Our approach accommodates B-splines of any order and fitting both under the L1 and the L2 loss functions. Simulations and an empirical analysis of US STRIPS data from 2001-2009 suggest that an active knot search and splines of order three and four are mandatory to obtain reasonable fits. The loss function appears to be less relevant.

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  • Fengler, Matthias R. & Hin, Lin-Yee, 2014. "A simple and general approach to fitting the discount curve under no-arbitrage constraints," Economics Working Paper Series 1423, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science.
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    Employment; B-splines; Discount curve; No-arbitrage constraints; Monotone estimation; Yield curve;
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    • C44 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory
    • C58 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Financial Econometrics
    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis

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