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Humala Acuña, Alberto (2005) Markov switching modelling of interest rate pass-through. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The first paper, "Interest rate pass-through and financial crises: do switching regimes
matter? The case of Argentina", analyses the dynamic relationship between a money
market (interbank) rate and different short-term lending rates by measuring their passthrough.
Neither linear single-equation modelling nor linear multi-equation systems
capture efficiently this relationship. Several financial crises alter the speed and degree
of response to interbank rate shocks. Hence, a Markov switching VAR model shows the
pass-through increases considerably for all market interest rates in a high-volatility
scenario. The model identifies correctly the periods in which regime shifts occur, and
associates them to financial crises.
The second paper, "Modelling interest rate pass-through with endogenous switching
regimes in Argentina", extends the scope of the Markov switching modelling by
including time-varying transition probabilities. Interest rate spreads are used as leading
indicators. The model allows devaluation expectations and country risks, (measured by
rate spreads) to signal regime switching. Estimation results suggest that the passthrough
tends to overshoot with financial instability, but to decrease if that condition is
sufficiently large and long-lived. Likewise, results show a quite heterogeneous credit
market, with a highly efficient transmission mechanism in the corporate segment, but
considerably less in the consumer segment.
The final paper, "Regime switching in interest rate pass-through and dynamic bank
modelling with risks", builds a theoretical model of dynamic bank optimisation, which
provides rationale to a regime-switching behaviour in the interest rate pass-through. It is
shown that a regime-switching interbank rate induces a nonlinear behaviour in lending
and deposit rates and (by further introducing interbank-alike regime-switching risk
premiums) in the pass-through. Thus, the pass-through process is consistent with a
nonlinear behaviour even if there are no asymmetric adjustment costs in the response to
interbank rate shocks. An empirical application to France and Germany provide results
that support these conclusions.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Markov processes, Interest rates -- Econometric models, Interest rates -- Argentina | ||||
Official Date: | May 2005 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Economics | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Taylor, Mark P., 1958- ; Ellison, Martin, 1968- | ||||
Sponsors: | University of Warwick. Dept. of Economics ; Banco Central de Reserva del Perú | ||||
Extent: | 260 leaves | ||||
Language: | eng |
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