Asymmetric effects of monetary policy in the U.S and Brazil
Periklis Gogas,
Ioannis Pragidis and
Benjamin Tabak
The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 2018, vol. 18, issue C, -
Abstract:
We empirically test the effects of anticipated and unanticipated monetary policy shocks on the growth rate of real industrial production and explicitly test for different types of asymmetries in monetary policy implementation for two major international economies, the U.S. and Brazil. We depart from the conventional method of VAR analysis to estimate unanticipated monetary shocks, and instead, we use a combination of alternative methodologies. We first identify the Taylor rule that best describes the reaction of both central banks and then we test both forward looking linear and nonlinear models. We conclude that a Logistic Smooth Transition Autoregressive (LSTAR) forward looking model of the Taylor rule best describes the US FED Funds rate while a linear Taylor rule with the inclusion of a dummy variable best describes the reaction of the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB). We then use in-sample forecast errors in order to derive and identify the unexpected monetary policy shocks for both countries. In line with Cover (1992), we use these shocks to explore any asymmetries in the conduct of monetary policy on the growth rate of the real industrial production. We also find asymmetries between anticipated and unanticipated monetary shocks as well as between effects of positive and negative shocks.
Keywords: Taylor rule; Monetary policy; Nonlinear effects; LSTAR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E4 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Working Paper: Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy in the U.S. and Brazil (2013) 
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeca.2018.e00108
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