KONNO, HIROSHI; ITO, SUMITO - In: International Journal of Theoretical and Applied … 08 (2005) 07, pp. 989-998
We will develop an efficient method for estimating a smooth nonnegative forward rate sequence using the market price of riskless bonds. This method is an improvement of the classical Carleton–Cooper's method based on standard least square method, which often generates a non-smooth forward rate...