Are exogenous shocks to lending spreads in corporate credit markets a substantial source of macroeconomic fluctuations? An alternative explanation of the data is that borrowing costs respond endogenously to expectations of future default, driven by macroeconomic shocks. We investigate by...

We provide simple nonparametric conditions for the order of integration of the term structure of zero-coupon yields. A principal benchmark model studied is one with a limiting yield and limiting term premium, and in which the logarithmic expectations theory (ET) holds. By considering a yield...