We build a multi-factor, no-arbitrage model of the term structure of spot interest rates. The stochastic factors are the short-term interest rate and the premia of the futures rates over the short-term interest rates.(...)

We consider the demand for state contingent claims in the presence of a zero-mean, nonhedgeable background risk. An agent is defined to be generalized risk averse if he/she reacts to an increase in background risk by choosing a demand function for contingent claims with a smaller slope. We show...