• Macro Effects of Capital Requirements and Macroprudential Policy 

      Akram, Q. Farooq (Working Papers;21/2012, Working paper, 2012)
      I investigate macro effects of higher bank capital requirements on the Norwegian economy and their use as a macroprudential policy instrument under Basel III. To this end, I develop a macroeconometric model where the capital ...
    • Macro Modelling with Many Models 

      Bache, Ida Wolden; Mitchell, James; Ravazzolo, Francesco; Vahey, Shaun P. (Working Papers;15/2009, Working paper, 2009)
      We argue that the next generation of macro modellers at Inflation Targeting central banks should adapt a methodology from the weather forecasting literature known as `ensemble modelling'. In this approach, uncertainty about ...
    • The macroeconomic effects of forward communication 

      Brubakk, Leif; ter Ellen, Saskia; Robstad, Ørjan; Xu, Hong (Working Paper;20/2019, Working paper, 2019)
      This paper provides an empirical assessment of the power of forward guidance at different horizons, shedding new light on the strength of the “forward guidance puzzle”. Our identification strategy allows us to disentangle ...
    • Macroeconomic Factors Strike Back: A Bayesian Change-Point Model of Time-Varying Risk Exposures and Premia in the U.S. Cross-Section 

      Bianchi, Daniele; Guidolin, Massimo; Ravazzolo, Francesco (Working Papers;19/2013, Working paper, 2013)
      This paper proposes a Bayesian estimation framework for a typical multi-factor model with time-varying risk exposures to macroeconomic risk factors and corresponding premia to price U.S. stocks and bonds. The model assumes ...
    • Managing Uncertainty Through Robust-Satisficing Monetary Policy 

      Akram, Q. Farooq; Ben-Haim, Yakov; Eitrheim, Øyvind (Working Papers;10/2006, Working paper, 2006)
      We employ information-gap decision theory to derive a robust monetary policy response to Knightian parameter uncertainty. This approach provides a quantitative answer to the question: For a specified policy, how much can ...
    • Marriner S. Eccles and the 1951 Treasury–Federal Reserve Accord: Lessons for Central Bank Independence 

      Moe, Thorvald Grung (Working Papers;6/2014, Working paper, 2014)
      The 1951 Treasury–Federal Reserve Accord is an important milestone in central bank history. It led to a lasting separation between monetary policy and the Treasury's debtmanagement powers and established an independent ...
    • Matching Efficiency and Business Cycle Fluctuations 

      Furlanetto, Francesco; Groshenny, Nicolas (Working Papers;7/2012, Working paper, 2012)
      A large decline in the efficiency of the U.S. labor market in matching unemployed workers and vacant jobs has been documented during the Great Recession. We use a simple New Keynesian model with search and matching frictions ...
    • Mean Reversion in Profitability for Non-Listed Firms 

      Nordal, Kjell Bjørn; Næs, Randi (Working Papers;29/2009, Working paper, 2009)
      The presence of mean reversion in profitability at the firm level is important for valuation and prediction of growth and earnings. We investigate the mean reversion in accounting profitability for Norwegian non-listed ...
    • Measuring Sovereign Contagion in Europe 

      Caporin, Massimiliano; Pelizzon, Loriana; Ravazzolo, Francesco; Rigobon, Roberto (Working Papers;5/2012, Working paper, 2012)
      This paper analyzes the sovereign risk contagion using CDS spreads for the major euro area countries. Using several econometric approaches (non linear regression, quantile regression and Bayesian quantile with heteroskedasticity) ...
    • Measuring Structural Unemployment: Is There a Rough and Ready Answer? 

      Holden, Steinar; Nymoen, Ragnar (Working Papers;9/1998, Working paper, 1998)
      In recent years, the OECD has measured the structural rate of unemployment by an indicator called the Non-Accelerating Wage Rate of Unemployment. The NAWRU indicator is an important element in the policy analysis of the ...
    • Measuring Trends and Cycles in Industrial Production in Norway 1896-1948 

      Klovland, Jan Tore (Working Papers;18/2015, Working paper, 2015)
      This paper presents new indices for industrial production in Norway covering the years 1896-1948. Separate annual and monthly indices of gross output and labour productivity are computed for 45 manufacturing and mining ...
    • Mental Accounting in the Housing Market 

      Almenberg, Johan; Karapetyan, Artashes (Working Papers;20/2010, Working paper, 2010)
      We report evidence that salience may have economically significant effects on homeowners' borrowing behavior, through a bias in favour of less salient but more costly loans. We outline a simple model in which some consumers ...
    • Micro Approaches to Foreign Exchange Determination 

      Evans, Martin D. D.; Rime, Dagfinn (Working Papers;5/2011, Working paper, 2011)
      Micro-based exchange-rate research examines the determination and behavior of spot exchange rates in an environment that replicates the key features of trading in the foreign exchange (FX) market. Traditional macro ...
    • Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets 

      Evans, Martin D.D.; Rime, Dagfinn (Working Paper;6/2019, Working paper, 2019)
      This article presents an overview of research on the Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets. We begin by summarizing the institutional features of FX trading and describe how they have evolved since the 1980s. We then ...
    • Misallocation and the Recovery of Manufacturing TFP After a Financial Crisis 

      Chen, Kaiji; Irarrazabal, Alfonso (Working Papers;1/2013, Working paper, 2013)
      The Chilean economy experienced a decade of sustained growth in aggregate out-put and productivity after the 1982 financial crisis. This paper analyzes the effects of resource misallocation on total factor productivity ...
    • Mismatch Shocks and Unemployment During the Great Recession 

      Furlanetto, Francesco; Groshenny, Nicolas (Working Papers;16/2013, Working paper, 2013)
      We investigate the macroeconomic consequences of fluctuations in the effectiveness of the labor-market matching process with a focus on the Great Recession. We conduct our analysis in the context of an estimated medium-scale ...
    • Mixed Frequency Structural Models: Estimation, and Policy Analysis 

      Foroni, Claudia; Marcellino, Massimiliano (Working Papers;15/2013, Working paper, 2013)
      In this paper we show analytically, with simulation experiments and with actual data that a mismatch between the time scale of a DSGE model and that of the time series data used for its estimation generally creates ...
    • Mixed Frequency Structural VARs 

      Foroni, Claudia; Marcellino, Massimiliano (Working Papers;1/2014, Working paper, 2014)
      A mismatch between the time scale of a structural VAR (SVAR) model and that of the time series data used for its estimation can have serious consequences for identification, estimation and interpretation of the impulse ...
    • Model Selection for Monetary Policy Analysis – Importance of Empirical Validity 

      Akram, Q. Farooq; Nymoen, Ragnar (Working Papers;13/2006, Working paper, 2006)
      We investigate the importance of employing a valid model for monetary policy analysis. Specifically, we investigate the economic significance of differences in specification and empirical validity of models. We consider ...
    • Model Specification and Inflation Forecast Uncertainty 

      Bårdsen, Gunnar; Jansen, Eilev S.; Nymoen, Ragnar (Working Papers;6/2000, Working paper, 2000)
      Three classes of inflation models are discussed: Standard Phillips curves, New Keynesian Phillips curves and Incomplete Competition models. Their relative merits in explaining and forecasting inflation are investigated ...