Interest rate risk estimation : a new duration-based approach

Bajo, Emanuele and Barbi, Massimiliano and Hillier, David (2013) Interest rate risk estimation : a new duration-based approach. Applied Economics, 45 (19). pp. 2697-2704. ISSN 0003-6846

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2012.667552

Abstract

Duration is widely used by fixed income managers to proxy the interest rate risk of their assets and liabilities. However, it is well known that the convexity of the price-yield relationship introduces approximation errors that grow with changes in yield. In this article we suggest a new approach, 'discrete duration', which significantly improves upon the accuracy of traditional duration methods and achieves a level of accuracy close to the more complex 'duration-plus-convexity' measure. In particular, discrete duration performs particularly well for long dated and low coupon rate bonds where the estimation error is impressively close to zero.

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Bajo, Emanuele, Barbi, Massimiliano and Hillier, David

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Item type:	Article
ID code:	44267
Dates:	Date Event 2013 Published
Keywords:	interest rate risk, duration, hedging, fixed income, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Commerce > Accounting
Department:	Strathclyde Business School > Accounting and Finance
Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
Date deposited:	02 Jul 2013 10:57
Last modified:	04 Jun 2021 03:18
Related URLs:	Scopus publication
URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/44267

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