The Demand for M0 in the United Kingdom Reconsidered: Some Specification Issues

Bank of England Working Paper No. 83

57 Pages Posted: 16 Sep 1998

Date Written: August 1998

Abstract

This paper provides tests of an econometric model of the demand for UK M0. The existence of a long-run cointegrating relationship between M0 and key economic variables is established and a plausible dynamic error-correction model is estimated. A model that passes standard specification tests is achieved without resort to arbitrary proxies for financial innovation. Some of the recent decline in M0 velocity is explained by the move to a lower inflation environment.

JEL Classification: E41

Suggested Citation

Janssen, Norbert, The Demand for M0 in the United Kingdom Reconsidered: Some Specification Issues (August 1998). Bank of England Working Paper No. 83, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=128072 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.128072

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