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Macroeconomic policy: the new Cambridge, Keynesian and monetarist controversies
In: MacMillan new studies in economics
Microfoundations and the Demand for Money
In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Band 107, Heft 443, S. 1186-1201
ISSN: 1468-0297
The Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure: The UK Interbank Market
In: The Economic Journal, Band 106, Heft 436, S. 578
Reply to Goodfriend's comments on "Money demand, expectations and the forward looking model"
In: Journal of policy modeling: JPMOD ; a social science forum of world issues, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 323-324
ISSN: 0161-8938
MODELLING EXPECTATIONS: A REVIEW OF LIMITED INFORMATION ESTIMATION METHODS
In: Bulletin of economic research, Band 42, Heft 1, S. 1-34
ISSN: 1467-8586
ABSTRACTThe plethora of limited information estimation methods applied to expectations models are presented within a coherent framework based on standard econometric estimators. It is then possible to isolate those problems that arise solely because of the inclusion of expectations variables. The relationship between the economic solution of RE models and the appropriate choice of estimator is examined.
EXPECTATIONS, LEARNING AND THE KALMAN FILTER
In: The Manchester School, Band 56, Heft 3, S. 223-246
ISSN: 1467-9957
SummaryOur final comments can be relatively brief. In assessing the empirical importance of expectations variables in macroeconomic behavioural equations, a variety of "expectations models" should be used. To date, the Muth‐rational expectations approach has dominated the empirical literature. A major drawback, however, is the lack of an explicit optimal learning process by agents. We have attempted to remedy this by bringing together various diverse strands in the expectations, statistics and engineering literature to formalize models that embody "optimal information extraction" by agents faced with a stochastic environment. The Khan filter provides a unified method of approaching these problems and in this paper we presented the Kalman filter in terms of the usual least squares approach familiar to applied economists. Relatively inexpensive econometric software which utilizes recursive estimation techniques has recently become available. It is hoped that this paper has provided a framework favourable to its use by applied economists particularly in investigating the role of expectations variables in economic models.
PRICE EXPECTATIONS AND LAGS IN THE DEMAND FOR MONEY*
In: Scottish journal of political economy: the journal of the Scottish Economic Society, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 334-354
ISSN: 1467-9485
Techniques of Monetary Control in the United Kingdom
In: Journal of economic studies, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 46-68
ISSN: 1758-7387
"New measures" to aid monetary control introduced by the Bank of England in August 1981 are assessed with reference to the monetary base and "flow of funds" models of banking behaviour. Both models are found to be deficient in analysing the supply of "broad" money. However, theories of the banking firm highlight some problems in controlling a broad monetary aggregate. The "new measures" are viewed as a cautious approach to achieve greater flexibility in short‐term interest rates and to minimise the scope for disintermediation and hence are an improvement on previous arrangements for monetary control.
The Determination of Expenditure On Consumer Durables
In: National Institute economic review: journal of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Band 94, S. 62-72
ISSN: 1741-3036
This article presents some alternative models of consumers' expenditure on durable goods and examines some general issues of econometric model building. In the preferred model, income, the change in liquid assets and the real cost of credit have a substantial effect on durables expenditure. Hence, both fiscal policy instruments such as a change in the rate of income tax and monetary variables such as nominal interest rates and sterling M3 influence durables expenditure.