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                 December 21, 2008
        
            
        
        
A Model of Housing Boom and Bust in a Small Open Economy
                    
                        Content Type(s):
                            Publications, 
                            Financial System Review articles
                            
    
                 December 21, 2008
        
            
        
        
The Role of Bank Capital in the Propagation of Shocks
                    
                        Content Type(s):
                            Publications, 
                            Financial System Review articles
                            
    Futures Markets, Oil Prices and the Intertemporal Approach to the Current Account
                Staff Working Paper 2008-48
                
                        Elif Arbatli
                
        
        
            The intertemporal approach to the current account suggests modeling movements in the current account in a forward-looking, dynamic framework. In this framework, the current account reflects consumption smoothing of agents that lend and borrow from the rest of the world in the face of transitory shocks to income.
        
        
                    
                        Content Type(s):
                            Staff research, 
                            Staff working papers
                                        
                        Research Topic(s):
                            Balance of payments and components
                                        
                        JEL Code(s):
                            C, 
                            C2, 
                            C22, 
                            F, 
                            F2, 
                            F21, 
                            F3, 
                            F32, 
                            G, 
                            G1, 
                            G13
                            
    How Important Is Liquidity Risk for Sovereign Bond Risk Premia? Evidence from the London Stock Exchange
                Staff Working Paper 2008-47
                
                        Ron Alquist
                
        
        
            This paper uses the framework of arbitrage-pricing theory to study the relationship between liquidity risk and sovereign bond risk premia. The London Stock Exchange in the late 19th century is an ideal laboratory in which to test the proposition that liquidity risk affects the price of sovereign debt.
        
        
                    
                        Content Type(s):
                            Staff research, 
                            Staff working papers
                                        
                        Research Topic(s):
                            Financial markets, 
                            International topics
                                        
                        JEL Code(s):
                            F, 
                            F2, 
                            F21, 
                            F3, 
                            F34, 
                            F36, 
                            G, 
                            G1, 
                            G12, 
                            G15
                            
    Indebtedness and the Household Financial Health: An Examination of the Canadian Debt Service Ratio Distribution
                Staff Working Paper 2008-46
                
                        Umar Faruqui
                
        
        
            The household debt-to-disposable income ratio in Canada increased from 110 per cent in 1999 to 127 per cent in 2007. This increase has raised questions about the ability of households to service their increased debt if faced with a negative economic or socio-economic shock.
        
        
                    
                        Content Type(s):
                            Staff research, 
                            Staff working papers
                                        
                        Research Topic(s):
                            Financial stability, 
                            Monetary and financial indicators
                                        
                        JEL Code(s):
                            D, 
                            D1, 
                            D11, 
                            D14, 
                            D3, 
                            D39
                            
    A Survey and Risk Analysis of Selected Non-Bank Retail Payments Systems
                Staff Discussion Paper 2008-17
                
                        Nikil Chande
                
        
        
            Payment services offered by non-banks have flourished in recent years. The author provides an overview of the different kinds of non-bank retail payments schemes currently available in Canada, illustrating each by focusing on a specific example.
        
        
                    
                        Content Type(s):
                            Staff research, 
                            Staff discussion papers
                                        
                        Research Topic(s):
                            Financial services, 
                            Payment clearing and settlement systems
                                        
                        JEL Code(s):
                            D, 
                            D1, 
                            D14, 
                            G, 
                            G2, 
                            G20
                            
    Firm Size and Productivity
                Staff Working Paper 2008-45
                
                        Danny Leung, 
                        Césaire Meh, 
                        Yaz Terajima
                
        
        
            This paper examines the relationship between firm size and productivity. In contrast to previous studies, this paper offers evidence of the relationship not only from manufacturing firms, but from non-manufacturing firms as well.
        
        
                    
                        Content Type(s):
                            Staff research, 
                            Staff working papers
                                        
                        Research Topic(s):
                            Productivity
                                        
                        JEL Code(s):
                            L, 
                            L1, 
                            L11, 
                            L2, 
                            L25, 
                            O, 
                            O4, 
                            O47