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VELOCITY AND THE VARIABILITY OF MONEY GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM A VARMA, GARCH-M MODEL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2006

APOSTOLOS SERLETIS
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
AKBAR SHAHMORADI
Affiliation:
University of Tehran

Abstract

This paper uses recent advances in financial econometrics to test the Friedman hypothesis that money supply volatility Granger-causes velocity. Comparisons are made among simple-sum and Divisia velocity series at the M1 and M2 levels of monetary aggregation, using quarterly data from 1959:1 to 2004:3. The conclusion is that the Friedman hypothesis cannot be rejected if money supply volatility is modeled explicitly, using models that capture important volatility effects that previous work has ignored.

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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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