Endogenous Money Supply and Money Demand

The conventional money demand literature has treated the money supply as exogenously given. It is well known, however, that some endogeneity of the money supply arises due to financial innovations and endogenous monetary policy. Dotsey (1984) shows empirically and Ireland (1992) shows theoretically that financial innovations affect money demand. On the other hand, Laidler (1993, p. 187) insightfully suggests that considerable turbulence in the conduct of monetary policy may have...
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The conventional money demand literature has treated the money supply as exogenously given. It is well known, however, that some endogeneity of the money supply arises due to financial innovations and endogenous monetary policy. Dotsey (1984) shows empirically and Ireland (1992) shows theoretically that financial innovations affect money demand. On the other hand, Laidler (1993, p. 187) insightfully suggests that considerable turbulence in the conduct of monetary policy may have affected the stability of money demand since the 1970s. Endogeneity of the money supply renders the conventional money demand function misspecified (e.g., Cogley, 1993) and, indeed, may have been the primary cause of money demand instability during the past two decades as shown in Goldfeld and Sichel(1990).