Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Apr, 1967, Volume 35, Issue 2

Short-Run Adjustments of an Individual Bank

https://doi.org/0012-9682(196704)35:2<321:SAOAIB>2.0.CO;2-3
p. 321-347

Willard T. Carleton, William R. Bryan

Most dynamic theories of the monetary policy mechanism, and reserve position doctrine in particular, specify a homogeneous banking system response to monetary policy actions. This article argues that the micro models of bank behavior implicit in these monetary theories remain untested and perhaps misspecified. An experimental model of a single bank's weekly balance sheets adjustments is specified and estimated with the purpose of improving the micro foundations of the theory of monetary dynamics.


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