Infinite-variance, alpha-stable shocks in monetary SVAR

Infinite-variance, alpha-stable shocks in monetary SVAR

Identification of Monetary Policy Shocks with External Instrument SVAR

We explore the use of external instrument SVAR to identify monetary policy shocks. We identify a forward guidance shock as the monetary shock component having zero instant impact on the policy rate. A contractionary forward guidance shock raises both future output and price level, stressing the relative importance of revealing policymakers’ view on future output and price level over committing ...

Moving Average Processes with Infinite Variance

The sample autocorrelation function (acf) of a stationary process has played a central statistical role in traditional time series analysis, where the assumption is made that the marginal distribution has a second moment. Now, the classical methods based on acf are not applicable in heavy tailed modeling. Using the codifference function as dependence measure for such processes be shown it be as...

Monetary models and technology shocks

Adding variable capital utilisation to a dynamic new Keynesian framework gives a model which can produce realistic responses to both technology and monetary shocks. This requires the assumption of a much lower level of nominal rigidity than is usual.

Monetary Shocks in Models with Inattentive Producers

We study models where prices respond slowly to shocks because firms are rationally inattentive. Producers must pay a cost to observe the determinants of the current profit maximizing price, and hence observe them infrequently. To generate large real effects of monetary shocks in such a model the time between observations must be long and/or highly volatile. Previous work on rational inattentive...