The Asymptotically Ideal Model (AIM), first estimated by Barnett and Yue (1998), based on the Muntz-Szatz series expansion as described by Barnett and Jonas (1983) is used to estimate money demand using quarterly US data from 1960 to the first quarter of 2004. We find that monetary assets are...

A stable money demand forms the cornerstone in formulating and conducting monetary policy. Consequently, numerous theoretical and empirical studies have been conducted in both industrial and developing countries to evaluate the determinants and the stability of the money demand function. This...

Among the many troublesome econometric relationships, the demand for money has proved especially recalcitrant, as evidenced by a long history of tinkering with basic specifications, always in response to some recent perceived forecast failure. The shortcomings of this approach and an alternative...

The most comprehensive textbook available on the money demand function and its role in modern macroeconomics, this book takes a microeconomic- and aggregation-theoretic approach to the topic and presents empirical evidence using state-of-the-art econometric methodology, while recognizing the...