Uncertainty and Monetary Policy in Good and Bad Times: A Replication of the VAR Investigation by Bloom (2009)

15 Pages Posted: 25 Aug 2020

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Giovanni Caggiano

Department of Economics, Monash University; University of Padua

Efrem Castelnuovo

University of Padua - Department of Economics

Gabriela Nodari

Reserve Bank of Australia

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Date Written: 2020

Abstract

This paper revisits the well-known VAR evidence on the real effects of uncertainty shocks by Bloom (Econometrica 2009(3): 623-685. doi: 10.3982/ECTA6248). We replicate the results in a narrow sense using Eviews. In a wide sense, we extend his study by working with a smooth transition-VAR framework that allows for business cycle-dependent macroeconomic responses to an uncertainty shock. We find a significantly stronger response of real activity in recessions. Counterfactual simulations point to a greater effectiveness of systematic monetary policy in stabilizing real activity in expansions.

Keywords: uncertainty shocks, nonlinear smooth transition Vector AutoRegressions, generalized impulse response functions, systematic monetary policy

JEL Classification: C320, E320

Suggested Citation

Caggiano, Giovanni and Castelnuovo, Efrem and Nodari, Gabriela, Uncertainty and Monetary Policy in Good and Bad Times: A Replication of the VAR Investigation by Bloom (2009) (2020). CESifo Working Paper No. 8497, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3680354 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3680354

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