Assessing ECB?s Credibility During the First Years of the Eurosystem: A Bayesian Empirical Investigation

Gianni Amisano and Marco Tronzano

Working Papers from University of Brescia, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper extends Svensson (1994) ?simplest test?of in?ation target credibility inside a Bayesian econometric framework. We apply this approach to the initial years of the Eurosystem and obtain various estimates of ECB?s monetary policy credibility. Overall, our empirical evidence is robust to alternative prior assumptions, and suggests that the strategy followed by the ECB was successful in building a satisfactory degree of reputation. However, we find some significant credibility reversals concerning both anti-inflationary and anti-deflationary credibility. These reversals, in turn, are closely related to the evolution of the cyclical macroeconomic conditions in the Euro area.

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Date: 2005
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