We investigate the money-market impact of the reform of the operational framework of the European Central Bank that took place in March 2004. We estimate a structural bivariate GARCH model with the overnight rate and 1-year swap rate, where identifying restrictions are imposed on the conditional variances. Differently from previous studies, we use a measure of structural correlation to study the linkages between the short end and the longer end of the term structure of money market swaps. Our results indicate that the 1-year swap segment has decoupled from the overnight rate as the two rates do not co-vary any longer.
Titolo: | The Impact of the 2004 Reform of the Operational Framework of the ECB:Structural GARCH Evidence | |
Autore/i: | MARZO, MASSIMILIANO; ZAGAGLIA, PAOLO | |
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Anno: | 2013 | |
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Abstract: | We investigate the money-market impact of the reform of the operational framework of the European Central Bank that took place in March 2004. We estimate a structural bivariate GARCH model with the overnight rate and 1-year swap rate, where identifying restrictions are imposed on the conditional variances. Differently from previous studies, we use a measure of structural correlation to study the linkages between the short end and the longer end of the term structure of money market swaps. Our results indicate that the 1-year swap segment has decoupled from the overnight rate as the two rates do not co-vary any longer. | |
Data stato definitivo: | 2015-11-03T17:39:55Z | |
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