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Effectiveness of QE: An assessment of event-study evidence

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Event-studies are widely used to investigate the effectiveness of quantitative easing (QE) and the announcement effects found in this literature are widely cited as evidence that QE significantly reduced long-term yields. However, these announcement effects can be considered evidence of the effectiveness of QE in reducing long-term yields only if the announcement effects are due solely to QE news and are statistically significantly. This paper contributes to the literature by investigating whether announcement effects reported in the QE event-study literature meet this evidentiary standard.

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  • Thornton, Daniel L., 2017. "Effectiveness of QE: An assessment of event-study evidence," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 56-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jmacro:v:52:y:2017:i:c:p:56-74
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2017.03.001
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    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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