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Publications & Research

Research

Economics Staff

Césaire A. Meh

Assistant Chief
Mail:
Bank of Canada
234 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G9
Canada
Email:
cmeh@bankofcanada.ca
Phone:
613 782-7564
Fax:
613 782-7010
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Curriculum vitae (.PDF format)
Education:
  • Ph.D., University of Western Ontario (2001)
  • M.A., Université Laval (1996)
  • BSc. Computer Science, Institut Supérieur de l'Enseignement Technique (1993)
Research Interests:
  • macroeconomics
  • monetary theory and policy
  • financial economics
  • public finance
Publications:
Refereed Journals:
"Uncertainty and the Specificity of Human Capital,"
(with Martin Gervais and Igor Livshits). Journal of Economic Theory, 2008.
"Business Risk, Credit Constraints, and Corporate Taxation."
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2008.
"Endogenous Incomplete Markets With Investment Risks,"
(with Vincenzo Quadrini) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 30(11), 2006: 2143-2165.
"Entrepreneurship, Wealth Inequality, and Taxation"
Review of Economic Dynamics, 8(3), 2005: 688-719.
Bank of Canada publications:
"Household Debt, Assets, and Income in Canada: A Microdata Study,"
(with Yaz Terajima, David Xiao Chen, and Tom Carter). Discussion Paper, No. 2009-7.
"Real Effects of Price Stability with Endogenous Nominal Indexation,"
(with Vincenzo Quadrini and Yaz Terajima). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2009-16.
"Price-Level Uncertainty, Price-Level Targeting, and Nominal Debt Contracts."
(with Allan Crawford and Yaz Terajima) Bank of Canada Review, Spring 2009.
"Unexpected Inflation and Redistribution of Wealth in Canada."
(with Yaz Terajima) Bank of Canada Review, Spring 2009.
"Uninsurable Investment Risks and Capital Income Taxation,"
(with Yaz Terajima). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2009-3.
"Financial Intermediation, Liquidity and Inflation,"
(with Jonathan Chiu). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-49.
"Productivity in Canada: Does Firm Size Matter?."
(with Danny Leung and Yaz Terajima) Bank of Canada Review, Autumn 2008.
"Firm Size and Productivity,"
(with Danny Leung and Yaz Terajima). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-45.
"Are There Canada-U.S. Differences in SME Financing?,"
(with Danny Leung and Yaz Terajima). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-41.
"The Role of Bank Capital in the Propagation of Shocks,"
(with Kevin Moran). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-36.
"Aggregate and Welfare Effects of Redistribution of Wealth Under Inflation and Price-Level Targeting,"
(with José-Víctor Ríos-Rull and Yaz Terajima). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-31.
"Inflation, Nominal Portfolios, and Wealth Redistribution in Canada,"
(with Yaz Terajima). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-19.
"Unsecured Debt, Consumer Bankruptcy, and Small Business,"
(with Yaz Terajima). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-5.
"Uncertainty and the Specificity of Human Capital,"
(with Martin Gervais and Igor Livshits). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2007-57.
"Modelling Financial Channels for Monetary Policy Analysis."
(with Ben Fung and Ian Christensen) Bank of Canada Review, Autumn 2006.
"Uninsurable Investment Risks," (published version: "Endogenous Incomplete Markets With Investment Risks", Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,
(with Vincenzo Quadrini). Bank of Canada Working Paper No. 2004-29. Revised January 2005.
"Bank Capital, Agency Costs, and Monetary Policy"
(with Kevin Moran). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2004-6.
Comments on "The Bank Capital Channel and Monetary Policy"
by Skander Van den Heuvel (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania)". Bank of Canada Conference Papers and Proceedings 2003, p. 173-76.
"Financial Structure And Economic Growth: A Non-Technical Survey"
(with Veronika Dolar). Bank of Canada Financial System Review, December 2002.
"Financial Structure and Economic Growth: A Non-Technical Survey"
(with Veronika Dolar). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2002-24.
"Business Risks, Credit Constraints, and Corporate Taxation",
Bank of Canada Working Paper No. 2002-21. Revised April 2003.
"Entrepreneurship, Wealth Inequality, and Taxation,"
Bank of Canada Working Paper No. 2002-14. Revised March 2005.
Other Publications:
"Essays in Entrepreneurship and Taxation".
Doctorate Dissertation, University of Western Ontario, May 2001.
"Cycle économique dans une petite économie ouverte: cas du Canada."
Master's Dissertation, Université Laval, August 1996.
Other Research Papers:
"Unsecured Debt, Consumer Bankruptcy and Entrepreneurship,"
(with Yaz Terajima). Manuscript, December 2007.
"Aggregate and Welfare Effects of Redistribution of Wealth under Inflation and Price-Level Targeting,"
(with José-Víctor Ríos-Rull and Yaz Terajima). Manuscript, November 2007.
"Inflation, Nominal Portfolios, and Wealth Redistribution in Canada,"
(with Yaz Terajima). Manuscript, December 2007.
"On the Canadian Distributions of Income, Debts and Assets,"
(with David Xiao Chen and Yaz Terajima). Manuscript, December 2007.
"Firm Size and Productivity,"
(with Danny Leung and Yaz Terajima). Manuscript, August 2007.
"SME Financing between US and Canada,"
(with Danny Leung and Yaz Terajima). Manuscript, May 2007.
Research in Progress:
"Banking, Liquidity and Inflation,"
(with Jonathan Chiu).
"Firm Size, Technology Adoption Costs and Aggregate Productivity,"
(with Danny Leung and Yaz Terajima).
"Price Stability and Nominal Debt,"
(with Vincenzo Quadrini and Yaz Terajima).
"Bank Capital in a Quantitative Model with Financial Frictions,"
(with Kevin Moran).
"Bank Capital, Propagation and Monetary Policy with Sticky Prices,"
(with Kevin Moran).
"Gradual Tax Reforms,"
(with Gustavo Ventura).
List of members of our economics research staff and executive in alphabetical order.