Demand for Money in the Selected OECD Countries: A Time Series Panel Data Approach and Structural Breaks

Kumar, Saten and Chowdhury, Mamta and Rao, B. Bhaskara (2010): Demand for Money in the Selected OECD Countries: A Time Series Panel Data Approach and Structural Breaks.

Abstract

Time series panel data estimation methods are used to estimate cointegrating equations for the demand for money (M1) for a panel of 11 OECD countries. The effects of financial reforms are analysed with structural break tests and estimates for alternative sub-samples. Our results in the post-reforms sub-samples show that the income elasticity of the demand for money has decreased and response to interest rate changes has increased.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Demand for money; Pedroni FMOLS; financial reforms
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C33 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E41 - Demand for Money

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