The Systematic Component of Monetary Policy in SVARs: An Agnostic Identification Procedure
44 Pages Posted: 25 Apr 2015
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Systematic Component of Monetary Policy in SVARs: An Agnostic Identification Procedure
The Systematic Component of Monetary Policy in Svars: An Agnostic Identification Procedure
Date Written: March 13, 2015
Abstract
Following Leeper, Sims, and Zha (1996), we identify monetary policy shocks in SVARs by restricting the systematic component of monetary policy. In particular, we impose sign and zero restrictions only on the monetary policy equation. Since we do not restrict the response of output to a monetary policy shock, we are agnostic in Uhlig's (2005) sense. But, in contrast to Uhlig (2005), our results support the conventional view that a monetary policy shock leads to a decline in output. Hence, our results show that the contractionary effects of monetary policy shocks do not hinge on questionable exclusion restrictions.
Keywords: SVARs; Monetary policy shocks; Systematic component of monetary policy
JEL Classification: E52; C51
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation