On Econometric Analysis of Structural Systems with Permanent and Transitory Shocks and Exogenous Variables

Adrian Pagan and Mohammad Pesaran

No 2634, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper considers the implications of the permanent/transitory decomposition of shocks for identification of structural models in the general case where the model might contain more than one permanent structural shock. It provides a simple and intuitive generalization of the influential work of Blanchard and Quah (1989), and shows that structural equations for which there are known permanent shocks must have no error correction terms present in them, thereby freeing up the latter to be used as instruments in estimating their parameters. The proposed approach is illustrated by a re-examination of the identification scheme used in a monetary model by Wickens and Motta (2001), and in a well known paper by Gali (1992) which deals with the construction of an IS-LM model with supply-side effects. We show that the latter imposes more short-run restrictions than are needed because of a failure to fully utilize the cointegration information.

Keywords: error correction models; structural identification; permanent shocks; IS-LM models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C30 C32 E10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2007-02
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Published - published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2008, 32 (10), 3376-3395

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Working Paper: On Econometric Analysis of Structural Systems with Permanent and Transitory Shocks and Exogenous Variables (2007)
Working Paper: On Econometric Analysis of Structural Systems with Permanent and Transitory Shocks and Exogenous Variables (2007)
Working Paper: On Econometric Analysis of Structural Systems with Permanent and Transitory Shocks and Exogenous Variables (2007)
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