The behaviour of volatility across the term structure of interest rate swaps is characterized in three currencies (Deutsche mark, Japanese yen and US dollar). For that purpose, a modified GARCH-in mean model is used allowing for seasonal patterns in the mean and variance of interest rates and...

The authors introduce, in this paper, a method for solving nonlinear quadratic Pareto problems. The method provides the analyst with a set of time series realizations for the variables in the economy. By obtaining a large number of these realizations, they can approximate the empirical...