Expected Money Growth, Markov Trends and the Instability of Money Demand in the Euro Area

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This paper analyzes the recently documented instability of money demand in the euro area in the framework of a Markov switching trend model. First, we consider a standard °exible price model with stable money demand, rational expectations, and an exogenous income-money ratio which follows a Markov trend. This framework, which implies an in°uence of expected future money on prices, leads to a cointe- grating relationship between (log) prices and the (log of the) money-income ratio with a switching intercept term. Of course, this likely leads to a rejection of coin- tegration by standard tests and to the erroneous conclusion of an unstable money demand. Second, a more general model allowing for endogeneity and more general dynamics is estimated with Bayesian methods for euro area data from 1975-2003. This exercise provides support for our model and a stable demand for M3 in the euro area.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WWZ Discussion Paper ; No. 2005/07

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Bayesian Analysis: General ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models ; Demand for Money
• Subject: Bayesian cointegration analysis ; Markov trend ; Markov chain Monte Carlo ; money demand

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kaufmann, Sylvia ; Kugler, Peter
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Basel, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ)
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2005

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.5451/unibas-ep61460
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/123353
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET