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    Identification of new Keynesian Phillips curves from a global perspective

    Dees, S. and Pesaran, M.H. and Smith, L.V. and Smith, Ron P. (2009) Identification of new Keynesian Phillips curves from a global perspective. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 41 (7), pp. 1481-1502. ISSN 0022-2879.

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    Abstract

    This paper is concerned with the estimation of New Keynesian Phillips Curves (NKPC) and focuses on two issues: the weak instrument problem and the characterization of the steady states. It proposes some solutions from a global perspective. Using a global vector autoregressive (GVAR) model steady states are estimated as long-horizon expectations and valid instruments are constructed from the global variables as weighted averages. The proposed estimation strategy is illustrated using estimates of the NKPC for eight developed industrial countries. The GVAR generates global factors that are valid instruments and help alleviate the weak instrument problem. The steady states also reflect global influences and any long-run theoretical relationships that might prevail within and across countries in the global economy. The GVAR measure of the steady state performed better than the HP measure, and the use of foreign instruments substantially increased the precision of the estimates of the output coefficient.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): steady states, long-horizon expectations, global VAR, identification, New Keynesian Phillips Curve, trend-cycle decomposition
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School
    Research Centres and Institutes: Applied Macroeconomics, Birkbeck Centre for, Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck Centre for
    Depositing User: Administrator
    Date Deposited: 01 Dec 2010 09:44
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 16:51
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/1987

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