Publications & Research

Yaz Terajima

Principal Researcher

Mail:

Bank of Canada
234 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G9
Canada

Email :

yterajima@bankofcanada.ca

Phone:

613 782-8660

Fax:

613 782-7010

Other:

Curriculum vitae (.PDF format)

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Education:

• Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2004)
  
• M.A. Claremont Graduate University (1998)
  
• B.A. in economics, University of Hawaii at Hilo (1995)
  
• B.A. in business, University of Hawaii at Hilo (1995)
  

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Research Interests:

• macroeconomics
• quantitative macroeconomic theory
• monetary policy
• firm dynamics
• labor economics
• financial economics

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Publications:

Refereed Journals:

"Uninsurable Investment Risks and Capital Income Taxation,"
(with Césaire A. Meh). Annals of Finance 5(3), 521-541 (2009).

Bank of Canada publications:

"Household Debt, Assets, and Income in Canada: A Microdata Study,"
(with Césaire A. Meh, David Xiao Chen, and Tom Carter). Discussion Paper, No. 2009-7.

"Real Effects of Price Stability with Endogenous Nominal Indexation,"
(with Césaire Meh and Vincenzo Quadrini). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2009-16.

"Price-Level Uncertainty, Price-Level Targeting, and Nominal Debt Contracts."
(with Allan Crawford and Césaire A. Meh) Bank of Canada Review, Spring 2009.

"Unexpected Inflation and Redistribution of Wealth in Canada."
(with Césaire A. Meh) Bank of Canada Review, Spring 2009.

"Uninsurable Investment Risks and Capital Income Taxation,"
(with Césaire A. Meh). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2009-3.

"Productivity in Canada: Does Firm Size Matter?."
(with Danny Leung and Césaire Meh) Bank of Canada Review, Autumn 2008.

"Firm Size and Productivity,"
(with Danny Leung and Césaire Meh). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-45.

"Are There Canada-U.S. Differences in SME Financing?,"
(with Danny Leung and Césaire Meh). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-41.

"Aggregate and Welfare Effects of Redistribution of Wealth Under Inflation and Price-Level Targeting,"
(with Césaire A. Meh and José-Víctor Ríos-Rull). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-31.

"A Tool for Assessing Financial Vulnerabilities in the Household Sector,"
(with Shubhasis Dey and Ramdane Djoudad), Bank of Canada Review, Summer 2008: p.47-56.

"Inflation, Nominal Portfolios, and Wealth Redistribution in Canada,"
(with Césaire A. Meh). Bank of Canada Working Paper, No. 2008-19.

"Unsecured Debt, Consumer Bankruptcy, and Small Business,"
(with Césaire A. Meh). Bank of Canada Working Paper No. 2008-5.

"Education and Self-Employment: Changes in Earnings and Wealth Inequality",
Bank of Canada Working Paper No. 2006-40.

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