Identification of common and idiosyncratic shocks in real equity prices: Australia, 1982–2002

Abstract

A structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model of real equity prices in Australia is specified to contain common shocks in international equity markets and domestic shocks in Australian financial and goods markets. Common shocks are identified through the long-run comovements of international equity markets, resulting in the model being characterized as having more shocks than variables. The empirical results show that the dot-com crisis of 2000 causes Australian real equity values to depreciate significantly below a precrisis baseline forecast, while contagion from the Asian financial crisis of 1997 -1998 is found to have a much smaller negative impact. D 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. JEL classification: E44; C32

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