An Arbitrage-Free Generalized Nelson-Siegel Term Structure Model

Abstract

The Svensson generalization of the popular Nelson-Siegel term structure model is widely used by practitioners and central banks.Unfortunately, like the original Nelson-Siegel specification, this generalization, in its dynamic form, does not enforce arbitrage-free consistency over time.Indeed, we show that the factor loadings of the Svensson generalization cannot be obtained in a standard finance arbitrage-free affine term structure representation.Therefore, we introduce a closely related generalized Nelson-Siegel model on which the no-arbitrage condition can be imposed.We estimate this new arbitrage-free generalized Nelson-Siegel model and demonstrate its tractability and good in-sample fit.

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