Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models
This article uncovers some stylized facts about the short run fluctuations of the Brazilian economy after the Real Plan, giving special attention to the identification of the effects of monetary policy shocks. A distinctive feature of this article is the careful attention paid to monetary policy dev...
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doaj-9fc77c1460744da4ac74cbdcb027a7232020-11-24T23:13:13ZengFundação Getúlio VargasRevista Brasileira de Economia0034-71401806-91342008-06-0162212316010.1590/S0034-71402008000200001Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR modelsBrisne CéspedesElcyon LimaAlexis MakaThis article uncovers some stylized facts about the short run fluctuations of the Brazilian economy after the Real Plan, giving special attention to the identification of the effects of monetary policy shocks. A distinctive feature of this article is the careful attention paid to monetary policy developments after the Real Plan when dividing our sample into two subsamples (1996:07-1998:08 and 1999:03-2004:12). We use directed acyclic graphs to identify the Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) models. In contrast with most SVAR analysis for Brazil, we found empirical evidence that supports the view that a contractionary monetary policy indeed reduces the price level.<br>Este artigo obtém alguns fatos estilizados sobre as flutuações de curto prazo da economia brasileira após o Plano Real, dando atenção especial à identificação dos efeitos dos choques da política monetária. Dadas as alterações na política monetária, ocorridos após o Plano Real, optamos por dividir a nossa análise em dois subperíodos (1996:07-1998:08 e 1999:032004:12). Os modelos de Auto-Regressão Vetorial Estrutural (SVAR) foram identificados através do uso de grafos acíclicos direcionados. Em contraste com a maioria das análises feitas para o Brasil, que adotam modelos SVAR, encontramos evidências de que uma política monetária contracionista reduz o nível geral de preços.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402008000200001Structural VARMonetary PolicyDirected Acyclic Graphs |
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Brisne Céspedes Elcyon Lima Alexis Maka Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models Revista Brasileira de Economia Structural VAR Monetary Policy Directed Acyclic Graphs |
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Brisne Céspedes Elcyon Lima Alexis Maka |
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Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models |
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Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models |
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Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models |
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Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models |
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Monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in Brazil after the Real Plan: stylized facts from SVAR models |
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monetary policy, inflation and the level of economic activity in brazil after the real plan: stylized facts from svar models |
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Fundação Getúlio Vargas |
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Revista Brasileira de Economia |
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0034-7140 1806-9134 |
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This article uncovers some stylized facts about the short run fluctuations of the Brazilian economy after the Real Plan, giving special attention to the identification of the effects of monetary policy shocks. A distinctive feature of this article is the careful attention paid to monetary policy developments after the Real Plan when dividing our sample into two subsamples (1996:07-1998:08 and 1999:03-2004:12). We use directed acyclic graphs to identify the Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) models. In contrast with most SVAR analysis for Brazil, we found empirical evidence that supports the view that a contractionary monetary policy indeed reduces the price level.<br>Este artigo obtém alguns fatos estilizados sobre as flutuações de curto prazo da economia brasileira após o Plano Real, dando atenção especial à identificação dos efeitos dos choques da política monetária. Dadas as alterações na política monetária, ocorridos após o Plano Real, optamos por dividir a nossa análise em dois subperíodos (1996:07-1998:08 e 1999:032004:12). Os modelos de Auto-Regressão Vetorial Estrutural (SVAR) foram identificados através do uso de grafos acíclicos direcionados. Em contraste com a maioria das análises feitas para o Brasil, que adotam modelos SVAR, encontramos evidências de que uma política monetária contracionista reduz o nível geral de preços. |
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Structural VAR Monetary Policy Directed Acyclic Graphs |
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