REGIONAL EFFECTS OF THE MONETARY POLICY: THE CASE OF THE ESTATE OF ESPÍRITO SANTO
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22456/2176-5456.26734Keywords:
Monetary policy, Regional economics, Vector auto-regression, Espírito Santo’s economyAbstract
It is proposed to estimate the impacts of monetary policy in Espírito Santo’s economy in the period 2000-2010 using vector auto-regression (VAR) technique. The database is monthly and the variables analyzed are, roughly, monetary, exchange rate, economic activity, prices and tax revenues, both for Espírito Santo and Brazil. The paper’s contribution lies on the specific analysis of an economy with peculiar characteristics, such as substantial participation of small businesses, low participation in the national credit and high degree of external openness, which has resulted in a greater impact on the indicators studied for the local economy than to the national economy.