Paper #1641

Título:

Identifying and estimating the effects of unconventional monetary policy in the data: How to do It and what have we learned?

Autor:

Barbara Rossi

Fecha:

Enero 2018

Resumen:

The recent …financial crisis led central banks to lower their interest rates in order to stimulate the economy until they hit the zero lower bound. How should one identify monetary policy shocks in unconventional times? Are unconventional monetary policies as effective as conventional ones? And has the monetary policy transmission mechanism changed in the zero lower bound era? This article aims at providing an overview of the econometric challenges and solutions to the identification of monetary policy shocks in unconventional times as well as a survey of their empirical effects on the economy.

Palabras clave:

Shock identification, VARs, zero lower bound, unconventional monetary policy, monetary policy, external instruments, forward guidance.

Códigos JEL:

E4, E52, E21, H31, I3, D1.

Área de investigación:

Macroeconomía y Economía Internacional / Estadística, Econometría y Métodos Cuantitativos

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