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Asset Prices in Taylor Rules: Specification, Estimation, and Policy Implications for the ECB

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dc.creator Siklos, Pierre L.
dc.creator Werner, Thomas
dc.creator Bohl, Martin T.
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:05:14Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:05:14Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19489
dc.identifier ppn:396198430
dc.identifier RePEc:zbw:bubdp1:2288
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19489
dc.description This paper estimates standard and extended Taylor rules for core countries in the euro area, namely France, Germany and Italy, as well as for the ECB. Forward, backward and forecast-based rules are estimated for a variety of samples since the late 1970s. We are particularly interested in the impact of adding asset prices to the standard Taylor rule specification. Since forward-looking Taylor rules are usually estimated via GMM we perform extensive tests for over-identifying restrictions and instrument relevance, a practice generally eschewed in previous work. We find that asset prices can be highly relevant as instruments rather than as separate arguments in policy rules. Backwardlooking Taylor rules, however, cannot be rejected outright. Forecast-based rules perform best using the root mean squared error metric but produce coefficients implying that central banks may be too aggressive at fighting inflation. Encompassing tests are therefore required to select the ?best? policy rule and these suggest that policy rules need to have a mix of forward and forecast-based elements. Furthermore too aggressive reactions to stock prices in particular would have led to an implausible monetary policy. Hence, asset prices appear at best to serve as indicators of the direction of interest rates and not as a variable that the ECB directly reacts to.
dc.language eng
dc.relation Discussion paper Series 1 / Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungszentrum der Deutschen Bundesbank 2004,22
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject E5
dc.subject E4
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject reaction function
dc.subject asset prices
dc.subject Taylor-Regel
dc.subject Geldpolitik
dc.subject Börsenkurs
dc.subject Wirtschaftspotenzial
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.subject Frankreich
dc.subject Italien
dc.title Asset Prices in Taylor Rules: Specification, Estimation, and Policy Implications for the ECB
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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