Monetary policy misspecification in VAR models


Autoria(s): Canova, Fabio; Pires Pina, Joaquim
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa

Data(s)

15/09/2005

Resumo

We examine the effects of extracting monetary policy disturbances with semi-structural and structural VARs, using data generated bya limited participation model under partial accommodative and feedback rules. We find that, in general, misspecification is substantial: short run coefficients often have wrong signs; impulse responses and variance decompositions give misleadingrepresentations of the dynamics. Explanations for the results and suggestions for macroeconomic practice are provided.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10230/469

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eng

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Palavras-Chave #Macroeconomics and International Economics #general equilibrium #monetary policy #identification #structural vars
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