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1 The Performance of Alternative Monetary Regimes Larry Ball Discussion by Petra M. Geraats University of Cambridge

2 Monetary Regimes Paper aims to compare most popular monetary regimes: discretionary policy inflation targeting hard pegs (currency board, dollarization, currency union) ECB as main remnant of money targeting

3 Monetary Regimes Paper aims to compare most popular monetary regimes: discretionary policy inflation targeting hard pegs (currency board, dollarization, currency union) ECB as main remnant of money targeting Monetary policy frameworks in practice (de facto, IMF 4/2008) Countries Exchange rate targeting 130 of which hard peg 38 Monetary targeting 22 Inflation targeting 29 Other 11 Total 192 Paper excludes monetary regimes of about 60% of countries!

4 Monetary Regimes at a Glance 15 Exchange rate targeting Monetary targeting Inflation targeting Other Average inflation log GDP per capita (PPP) Note: 89 countries, using Geraats (IF 2009) sample. Sources: IMF (monetary policy framework, 2003), IMF IFS (inflation, ), Penn World Table (GDP per capita, 2003)

5 Performance Monetary Regimes Dependent variable: inflation I Constant 6.26 Exchange rate targeting Monetary targeting 4.52 Inflation targeting R OLS estimation. Sample: 87 countries. Significance at 10%, 5% and 1%, based on robust standard errors.

6 Performance Monetary Regimes Dependent variable: inflation I II Constant Exchange rate targeting Monetary targeting Inflation targeting Log GDP per capita 2003 (PPP) R OLS estimation. Sample: 87 countries. Significance at 10%, 5% and 1%, based on robust standard errors.

7 Performance Monetary Regimes Dependent variable: inflation I II III Constant Exchange rate targeting Monetary targeting Inflation targeting Log GDP per capita 2003 (PPP) Inflation R OLS estimation. Sample: 87 countries. Significance at 10%, 5% and 1%, based on robust standard errors.

8 Performance Monetary Regimes Dependent variable: inflation I II III IV Constant Exchange rate targeting Monetary targeting Inflation targeting Log GDP per capita 2003 (PPP) Inflation R OLS estimation. Sample: 87 countries. Significance at 10%, 5% and 1%, based on robust standard errors. Inflation targeting performs best, monetary targeting worst.

9 Econometric Results Regressions based on Ball-Sheridan (2005) specification generally yield insignificant effects.

10 Econometric Results Regressions based on Ball-Sheridan (2005) specification generally yield insignificant effects. Significant econometric issues: Use of OLS standard errors without any diagnostic tests. Some countries categorized as discretion clearly committed exchange rate targeters (e.g. Netherlands, Hong Kong). Coding of regime indicators I it and E it further complicates interpretation of their coefficients c I and c E. Euro membership (E it = 1) also counts as inflation targeting (I it = 1), so effect of euro adoption equals c E + c I.

11 Key Econometric Issue Test of effect of regime on change in performance has low power in Ball-Sheridan specification. X i = c 0 + c I I i + c X X 0i + ε i X 1i = c 0 + c I I i + (1 + c X ) X 0i + ε i Suppose inflation targeters reduce average inflation from X I to X, while central banks with discretion keep average inflation at X D : X 1i = X + ε i for I i = 1 X 1i = X D + ε i for I i = 0 Then c 0 = X D, c I = X X D and c X = 1. So, c I = 0 for X = X D!

12 Key Econometric Issue Test of effect of regime on change in performance has low power in Ball-Sheridan specification. X i = c 0 + c I I i + c X X 0i + ε i X 1i = c 0 + c I I i + (1 + c X ) X 0i + ε i Suppose inflation targeters reduce average inflation from X I to X, while central banks with discretion keep average inflation at X D : X 1i = X + ε i for I i = 1 X 1i = X D + ε i for I i = 0 Then c 0 = X D, c I = X X D and c X = 1. So, c I = 0 for X = X D! Now suppose instead for central banks with discretion X 1i = X 0i + ε i with X = 2, E [X 0i ] = 4 for I i = 1, E [X 0i ] = 2 for I i = 0, Var [X 0i ] = Var [ε i ] = 1 i and sample size of 20 (half each). Then c 0 = 2.00 (0.64), c I = 1.00 (0.73) and c X = 0.50 (0.27), based on 100,000 replications (with standard errors in parentheses), and H 0 : c I = 0 cannot be rejected in 73.9% of replications!

13 Motivation Ball-Sheridan Specification Control for regression to the mean. No magical invisible hand reducing high levels of core inflation.

14 Motivation Ball-Sheridan Specification Control for regression to the mean. No magical invisible hand reducing high levels of core inflation. Controlling for initial performance eliminates problem of endogeneity monetary regime. Clearly disproved by previous two examples. Instead, address endogeneity problem by using + proper difference-in-differences approach with propensity score matching to select control group, or + IV estimation, using determinants of inflation targeting as instruments (Mishkin and Schmidt-Hebbel 2007)

15 Other Issues Literature review (in Section 3) too limited (only 6 papers!) and not representative. Comparison of monetary policy response US vs Sweden during financial crisis, without using any benchmark (e.g. Taylor rule) or estimated monetary policy reaction. No discussion of features of monetary regimes, such as significant differences in information disclosure (Geraats IF 2009). Hard pegs called dangerous, but pitfalls of soft pegs not mentioned.

16 Conclusion Paper provides peculiar focus on particular monetary regimes, ignoring the most prevalent. Empirical analysis of performance monetary regimes problematic. More comprehensive and thorough analysis of choice, features and effects of monetary policy frameworks desirable for Handbook.

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