Semiparametric Estimates of Monetary Policy Effects: String Theory Revisited

We develop flexible semiparametric time series methods for the estimation of the causal effect of monetary policy on macroeconomic aggregates. Our estimator captures the average causal response to discrete policy interventions in a macrodynamic setting, without the need for assumptions about the pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jordà, Òscar, Kuersteiner, Guido M., Angrist, Joshua
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Published: Informa UK Limited 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113691
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-8956