Autori
LUETKEPOHL, Helmut
LANNE, Markku

Titolo
A Statistical Comparison of Alternative Identification Schemes for Monetary Policy Shocks
Periodico
European University Institute of Badia Fiesolana (Fi). Department of Economics - Working papers
Anno: 2008 - Fascicolo: 23 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 16

Abstract. Different identification schemes for monetary policy shocks have been proposed in the literature. They typically specify just-identifying re- strictions in a standard structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) framework. Thus, in this framework the different schemes cannot be checked against the data with statistical tests. We consider different approaches how to use the data properties to augment the standard SVAR setup for identifying the shocks. Thereby it becomes possible to test models which are just identified in a standard setting. For monthly US data it is found that a model where monetary shocks are induced via the federal funds rate is the only one which cannot be rejected when the data properties are used for identification.




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