Predicting Bond Betas using Macro-Finance Variables

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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia
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Aslanidis, Nektarios,
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Christiansen, Charlotte
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Cipollini, Andrea
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2018-03-09T13:49:58Z
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2024-12-10T13:35:44Z
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2018-03-09T13:49:58Z
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2024-12-10T13:35:44Z
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2017-12-07
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2018
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http://hdl.handle.net/2072/306546
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We predict bond betas conditioning on various macro-finance variables. We explore differences across long-term government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, and high yield corporate bonds. We conduct out-of-sample forecasting using the new approach of combining explanatory variables through complete subset regressions (CSR). We consider the robustness of CSR forecasts across the 1-month, 3-month, and 12-month forecasting horizon. The CSR method performs well in predicting bond betas. Keywords: bond betas; complete subset regressions; corporate bonds; government bonds; macro-finance variables; model confidence set. JEL Classifications: C22; C53; C55; G12.
eng
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14 p.
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eng
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Centre de Recerca en Economia Industrial i Economia Pública
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Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2018-03
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RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)
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Bons -- Models matemàtics
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Predicting Bond Betas using Macro-Finance Variables
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info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper
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336
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cap
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess


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