Causal Relationship between Asset Prices and Output in the United States: Evidence from the State-Level Panel Granger Causality Test

Furkan Emirmahmutoglu, Mehmet Bacilar, Nicholas Apergis, Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne, Tsangyao Chang, Rangan Gupta

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Abstract

Emirmahmutoglu F., Bacilar M., Apergis N., Simo-Kengne B. D., Chang T. and Gupta R. Causal relationship between asset prices and output in the United States: evidence from the state-level panel Granger causality test, Regional Studies. This paper investigates the causal relationship between asset prices and output across US states using a bootstrap panel Granger causality approach which allows not only for heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence to be accounted for but also interdependency between asset markets. Empirical results from a trivariate vector autoregression (VAR) comprising real house prices, real stock prices and real per capita personal income over 1975–2012 reveal the existence of a unidirectional causality running from both asset prices to output. This confirms the leading indicator property of asset prices for the real economy, while also substantiating the wealth and/or collateral transmission mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1728-1741
Number of pages14
JournalRegional Studies
Volume50
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Granger causality
  • House prices
  • Output
  • Stock prices

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Environmental Science
  • General Social Sciences

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