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Table 6 The short-run relationship: The effect of interest rate liberalization on the asymmetric adjustment speed

From: Interest rate liberalization and pass-through of monetary policy rate to bank lending rates in China

Panel A: \( \Delta {y}_t={\beta}_1\Delta {y}_{t-1}+{\beta}_2\Delta {y}_{t-2}+{\alpha}_0\Delta {x}_t+{\alpha}_1\Delta {x}_{t-1}+{\alpha}_2\Delta {x}_{t-2}+{\omega}_0D\ast \Delta {x}_t+{\omega}_1D\times \Delta {x}_{t-1}+{\omega}_2D\times \Delta {x}_{t-2}+{\pi}_1{z}_{t-1}^{+}+{\pi}_2{z}_{t-1}^{-}+{\pi}_3D\times {z}_{t-1}^{+}+{\pi}_4D\times {z}_{t-1}^{-}+{\varepsilon}_t \)

Variable

 

Coefficient

S. E.

t-statistics

Prob.

∆y t − 1

β 1

−0.245

0.0592

−4.13

0.000

∆y t − 2

β 2

−0.0411

0.0391

−1.05

0.295

∆x t

α 0

0.108

0.0330

3.26

0.001

∆x t − 1

α 1

0.412

0.0479

8.61

0.000

∆x t − 2

α 2

0.0940

0.0470

2.00

0.047

D × ∆xt

ω 0

0.154

0.0749

2.06

0.040

D × ∆xt − 1

ω 1

0.391

0.0876

4.47

0.000

D × ∆xt − 2

ω 2

0.148

0.0767

1.93

0.054

\( {z}_{t-1}^{+} \)

π 1

−0.206

0.0488

−4.23

0.000

\( {z}_{t-1}^{-} \)

π 2

−0.0674

0.0520

−1.29

0.197

\( D\times {z}_{t-1}^{+} \)

π 3

0.194

0.0716

2.71

0.007

\( D\times {z}_{t-1}^{-} \)

π 4

0.0499

0.0924

0.54

0.590

Panel B: Wald test (Null hypothesis: π1 = π2)

Test-Statistics

Value

df

Prob.

t-statistics

−1.85

261

0.066

F-statistics

3.40

(1, 261)

0.066

Chi-square

3.40

1

0.065

Panel C: Wald test (Null hypothesis: π1 + π3 = π2 + π4)

Test-Statistics

Value

df

Prob.

t-statistics

0.06

261

0.950

F-statistics

0.00

(1,261)

0.950

Chi-square

0.00

1

0.950