Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/88572 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2013-61
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper investigates both the effects of domestic monetary policy and external shocks on fundamental macroeconomic variables in six fast growing emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Turkey - denoted hereafter as BRICS_T. The authors adopt a structural VAR model with a block exogeneity procedure to identify domestic monetary policy shocks and external shocks. Their research reveals that a contractionary monetary policy in most countries appreciates the domestic currency, increases interest rates, effectively controls inflation rates and reduces output. They do not find any evidence of the price, output, exchange rates and trade puzzles that are usually found in VAR studies. Their findings imply that the exchange rate is the main transmission mechanism in BRICS_T economies. The authors also find that that there are inverse J-curves in five of the six fast growing emerging economies and there are deviations from UIP (Uncovered Interest Parity) in response to a contractionary monetary policy in those countries. Moreover, world output shocks are not a dominant source of fluctuations in those economies.
Subjects: 
monetary policy
inflation
international trade
exchange rate
SVAR
JEL: 
E52
E63
F14
F31
C51
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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