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US and UK interest rates 1890-1934: new evidence on structural breaks

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Abstract

This paper presents econometric evidence on whether the founding of the Federal Reserve in 1914 caused a structural change from level-stationarity to difference-stationarity in U.S. and U.K. short-term nominal interest rates. We develop new econometric tests that allow for parameter transitions to test for a break of this kind and undertake a grid search analysis of dates and speeds for the change. We find that U.S. nominal interest rates most likely evolved rapidly to difference-stationarity in June 1917. For the U.K. we fail to reject the null that U.K. interest rate series follow a difference stationary process over the entire period 1890-1934. Our analysis differs from previous research on this topic in that we take care to explore statistical uncertainty around parameter estimates, and incorporate higher order dynamics into our econometric analysis.


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Author(s): Newbold P, Leybourne SJ, Sollis R, Wohar ME

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Working Paper Trinity College Dublin

Year: 2001

Pages: 1-20

Publisher: Trinity College Dublin

URL: http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/TEP/2001_papers/TEPNo1RS21.pdf


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