Oliveira, LuísNunes, João Pedro VidalMalcato, Luís2018-06-252018-06-252014-12Oliveira, Luís, João Pedro Vidal Nunes e Luís Malcato (2014). "The performance of deterministic and stochastic interest rate risk measures : Another Question of Dimensions?". Portuguese Economic Journal, 13(3):141-1651617-982X (print)1617-9838 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/15724The efficiency of traditional and stochastic interest rate risk measures is compared under one-, two-, and three-factor no-arbitrage Gauss-Markov term structure models, and for different immunization periods. The empirical analysis, run on the German Treasury bond market from January 2000 to December 2010, suggests that: i) Stochastic interest rate risk measures provide better portfolio immunization than the Fisher-Weil duration; and ii) The superiority of the stochastic risk measures is more evident for multi-factor models and for longer investment horizons. These findings are supported by a first-order stochastic dominance analysis, and are robust against yield curve estimation errors.engInterest rate riskAsset-liability managementImmunization strategiesStochastic durationStochastic dominancejournal article10.1007/s10258-014-0104-8