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A state-level analysis of the Great Moderation

Owyang, Michael T.; Piger, Jeremy M.; Wall, Howard J. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2007

the origin of the aggregate volatility reduction. We show that states with relatively high concentrations in the durable-goods …

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International evidence on the stability of the optimizing IS equation

Kara, Amit; Nelson, Edward - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2004

In this paper we provide international evidence on the issue of whether the optimizing IS equation is more stable than a backward-looking alternative. The international evidence consist of estimates of IS equations on quarterly data for the UK and Australia, both for the full sample of the last...

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Inflation and economic activity in a multiple matching model of money

Laing, Derek; Li, Victor E.; Wang, Ping - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 1998

-theoretic environment with divisible money and goods. We find that in such a setting, a positive feedback between work and shopping effort …This paper investigates the relationship between money growth, inflation, and productive activity in a general … equilibrium model where search frictions motivate the transactions role of money. The use of a multiple matching technique, where …

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The efficient market hypothesis and identification in structural VARs

Sarno, Lucio; Thornton, Daniel L. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2003

Structural vector autoregression (SVAR) models are commonly used to investigate the effect of structural shocks on economic variables. The identifying restrictions imposed in many of these exercises have been criticized in the literature. This paper extends this literature by showing that if the...

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Kalman filtering with truncated normal state variables for Bayesian estimation of macroeconomic models

Dueker, Michael - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2006

A pair of simple modifications-in the forecast error and forecast error variance-to the Kalman filter recursions makes possible the filtering of models in which one or more state variables is truncated normal and latent. Such recursions are broadly applicable to macroeconometric models, such as...

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Biofuel subsidies: an open-economy analysis

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Bhaumik, Sumon; Wall, Howard J. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2009

We present a general equilibrium analysis of biofuel subsidies in an open-economy context. In the small-country case, when a Pigouvian tax on conventional fuels such as crude is in place, the optimal biofuel subsidy is zero. When the tax on crude is not available as a policy option, however, a...

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An approximate dual-self model and paradoxes of choice under risk

Fudenberg, Drew; Levine, David K.; Maniadis, Zacharias - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2012

We derive a simplified version of the model of Fudenberg and Levine [2006, 2011] and show how this approximate model is useful in explaining choice under risk. We show that in the simple case of three outcomes, the model can generate indifference curves that “fan out” in the Marshack-Machina...

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Structural breaks and regional disparities in the transmission of monetary policy

Owyang, Michael T.; Wall, Howard J. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2004

Using a regional VAR, we find large differences in the effects of monetary policy shocks across regions of the United States. We also find that the region-level effects of monetary policy differ a great deal between the pre-Volcker and Volcker-Greenspan periods in terms of their depth and...

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Optimal stabilization policy with endogenous firm entry

Berentsen, Aleksander; Waller, Christopher J. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2009

stabilization policy in a DSGE model with microfounded money demand and endogenous firm entry. Due to a congestion externality …

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Price level targeting and stabilization policy

Berentsen, Aleksander; Waller, Christopher J. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2009

fully flexible and money is essential for trade. Our main result is that if the central bank pursues a price-level target … policy involves smoothing nominal interest rates which effectively smooths consumption across states. …

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