Money stock targeting and money supply: A closer examination of the data
β Scribed by Robert A. Amano; Tony S. Wirjanto
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 817 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-7252
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β¦ Synopsis
In a recent paper use a linear-quadratic model to examine the willingness of a monetary authority in a small open economy to target its exchange rate. Based on their empirical results, the authors conclude that the Bank of Canada has displayed a willingness to use the money supply to target the Canada-US exchange rate. We re-examine their empirical results using a different estimation approach and with different assumptions about the forcing process of the exogeneous variables. We also extend the sample period to include more recent observations. While we find some weak evidence to support their conclusion, the results, in general, suggest that a linear-quadratic model may not be a particularly useful representation of the assumed exchange rate targeting by a monetary authority.
' In a Monte Carlo study (based on stationary forcing variables), West (1986) finds that even under the assumption of no misspecification, full-information is only moderately more efficient than limited-information estimation.
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