Sterile sterilization? : does control over the monetary base affect the long-term yield structure?

This paper provides empirical evidence on how sterilization through Open Market Operations affects the long-term yield structure. From a banking point of view, at least two mechanisms are relevant: (i) a change in the supply of sovereign securities and (ii) a change in the composition of commercial...

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Autores:
Correa Tovar, Catalina
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/34685
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/34685
Palabra clave:
Política monetaria
Operaciones de mercado abierto
Economía
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:This paper provides empirical evidence on how sterilization through Open Market Operations affects the long-term yield structure. From a banking point of view, at least two mechanisms are relevant: (i) a change in the supply of sovereign securities and (ii) a change in the composition of commercial banks- assets. This paper uses a linear regression to identify sterilization surprises. An advantage of the applied method of identifying OMO?s random responses is that sterilization is well defined through observables. Therefore, the orthogonal to the deterministic component of both permanent and temporary OMOs can be recognized through policy variations conditioned on observed characteristics. In such a way, the resulting variables are as good as randomly assigned and can be used to identify causal effects.