This paper discusses the estimation of models of the term structure of interest rates. After reviewing the term structure models, specifically the Nelson-Siegel Model and Affine Term- Structure Model, this paper estimates the terms structure of Treasury bond yields for the United States with...

Machine generated contents note: 1 Classical Statistical Procedures -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Score Vector, the Information Matrix, and the Cramer-Rao -- Lower Bound -- 1.3 Maximum Likelihood Estimators and Test Procedures -- 1.4 Nuisance Parameters -- 1.5 Differentiation and Asymptotics --...