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Artigo científico

A Estrutura a termo das taxas de juros no Brasiltestando a hipótese de expectativas

Marçal, Emerson Fernandes; Pereira, Pedro Luiz Valls

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Resumo

The study of term structure of interest rate is at its early stages for Brazil. This paper aims to contribute to this literature by testing the rational expectation hypothesis to Brazilian data. The period covered by the study goes from 1995 to 2002. Monthly and daily data were analised. The results of the tests suggest that the expectation hypothesis is insufficient to fully explain Brazilian data. The following explanations are suggested: a) the results are consistent with McCallum (1994) hypothesis of interest rate smoothing by Central Bank; b) informational inefficiency of Brazilian market; c) some sort of irrational behaviour of the agents in forming their expectations; and d) the econometric results of the paper can be affected by
 the macroeconomic instability in the analised period.

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Tipo
Artigo científico
Ano
2007
Instituição
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea)
Idioma
Português
Acesso
Acesso aberto
Identificador
oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/3718
Licença
Licença Comum
Abrangência
Brasil

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