Newbold, P.; Leybourne, S. J.; Sollis, R.; Wohar, M. E. - Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin - 2001
This paper presents econometric evidence on whether the founding of the Federal Reserve in 1914 caused a structural change from level-stationarity to difference-stationarity in U.S. and U.K. short-term nominal interest rates. We develop new econometric tests that allow for parameter transitions...