Arbeitspapier

Stock prices and economic fluctuations: a Markov switching structural vector autoregressive analysis

The role of expectations for economic fluctuations has received considerable attention in recent business cycle analysis. We exploit Markov regime switching models to identify shocks in cointegrated structural vector autoregressions and investigate different identification schemes for bi-variate systems comprising U.S. stock prices and total factor productivity. The former variable is viewed as reflecting expectations of economic agents about future productivity. It is found that some previously used identification schemes can be rejected in our model setup. The results crucially depend on the measure used for total factor productivity.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2407

Classification
Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
Subject
Cointegration
Markov regime switching model
vector error correction model
structural vector autoregression
mixed normal distribution
Konjunktur
Erwartungstheorie
Schock
Börsenkurs
Produktivität
Markovscher Prozess
VAR-Modell
Schätzung
USA

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Lanne, Markku
Luetkepohl, Helmut
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2008

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Lanne, Markku
  • Luetkepohl, Helmut
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2008

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