What Have We Learned About Estimating the Demand for Money? a Multicountry Evaluation of Some New Approaches

Author/Editor:

George S Tavlas ; James M. Boughton

Publication Date:

February 1, 1991

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Summary:

This paper provides estimates of the demand for both narrow and broad monetary aggregates for the five largest industrial countries using two recent approaches: buffer stock and error correction models. The performances of these models are compared with several versions of the conventional partial adjustment model. Tests are performed in order to evaluate the parameter stability, post-sample predictive ability, encompassing properties, and economic implications of the models. The results are encouraging with respect to the newer models, as they significantly outperform the traditional approach. It is found that the error correction model is especially promising as a general approach.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1991/016

Subject:

Demand for money Financial institutions Monetary base Money National accounts Personal income Price elasticity Prices Stocks

English

Publication Date:

February 1, 1991

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451843309/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0161991

Pages:

38

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