01829cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011353 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781463923266 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Medeiros, Carlos. An Assessment of Estimates of Term Structure Models for the United States / Carlos Medeiros, Ying He. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. 1 online resource (31 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper assesses estimates of term structure models for the United States. To this end, this paper first describes the mathematics underlying two types of term structure models, namely the Nelson-Siegel and Cox, Ingersoll and Ross family of models, and the estimation techniques. It then presents estimations of some of specific models within these families of models?three-factor Nelson-Siegel Model, four-factor Svensson model, and preference-free, two-factor Cox, Ingersoll and Roll model?for the United States from 1972 to mid 2011. It subsequently provides an assessment of the estimations. It concludes that these estimations of the term structure models successfully capture the dynamics of the term structure in the United States. Mode of access: Internet He, Ying. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/247 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2011/247/001.2011.issue-247-en.xml IMF e-Library