J 2004

Estimation of alternative monetary policy rules and their comparison

VAŠÍČEK, Osvald and Hana PYTELOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Estimation of alternative monetary policy rules and their comparison

Name in Czech

Odhad alternativních pravidel monetární politiky a jejich srovnání

Authors

VAŠÍČEK, Osvald (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Hana PYTELOVÁ (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Bulletin České ekonometrické společnosti, Praha, Česká ekonometrická společnost, 2004, 1212-074X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

50200 5.2 Economics and Business

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/04:00011489

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Keywords in English

monetary policy; forward-looking model; discretion; commitment; Taylor rule; Iterative Extended Kalman Filter Smoother; impulse responses
Changed: 23/5/2005 15:21, Mgr. Hana Fitzová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

The article shows the optimal monetary policy problem in three different cases. The first is optimization under discretion. This means that a central bank can reoptimize its behaviour each period and is not history dependent. The second approach is optimization under commitment which means that a central bank makes a binding commitment and cant change its behaviour as a reaction to shocks. The last case is a simple Taylor rule which is not a result of optimization process, but demonstrates real behaviour of many central banks. The policy design problem is to characterize how the central bank should adjust the interest rate to the current state of the economy. The article shows the theoretical procedure of finding the optimal monetary policy. Further, it examines and illustrates the behaviour of the presented models on the Czech economy data. Model parameters are estimated simultaneously by the Iterative Extended Kalman Filter Smoother. Impulse responses are tested. Fundamental differences of these thre cases are explained and presented graphically. Results are economically interpreted.

Links

GA402/02/0393, research and development project
Name: Vliv monetární politiky a vnějších šoků na malou otevřenou ekonomiku
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Effect of monetary policy and exogenous shocks on a small open economy