Analysing Yield Spread and Output Dynamics in an Endogenous Markov Switching Regression Framework

Abstract

In this article we analyse the relationship between yield spread and the economic activity by allowing the parameters of the regression to be driven by an endogenous Markov chain. Using the endogenous model, we could obtain accurate parameter estimates and the specification of our model is empirically supported. Our empirical results may indicate that people with low risk tolerance more likely to prefer a low volatility state over a high volatility one, while people with high risk tolerance are more likely to prefer a high volatility state over a low volatility one.