Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/89677 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4433
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In this paper we consider the problem of interpreting the signs of the estimated coefficients in multivariate time series regressions where the regressors are correlated. Using a continuous time model, we argue that focussing on the signs of individual coefficients in such regressions could be misleading and argue in favour of allowing for the indirect effects that arise due to the historical correlations amongst the regressors. For estimation from discrete time data we show that the sign of the total impact, including the direct and indirect effects, of a regressor can be obtained using a simple regression that only includes the regressor of interest.
Subjects: 
regression coefficients
impact effects
JEL: 
C10
C50
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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