The Canadian Macroeconomy and the Yield Curve: An Equilibrium-Based Approach
The authors develop and estimate an equilibrium-based model of the Canadian term structure of interest rates.
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Testing the Parametric Specification of the Diffusion Function in a Diffusion Process
Staff Working Paper 2005-35
Fuchun Li
A new consistent test is proposed for the parametric specification of the diffusion function in a diffusion process without any restrictions on the functional form of the drift function.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Research Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Interest rates
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C12,
C14
The Exchange Rate and Canadian Inflation Targeting
Staff Working Paper 2005-34
Christopher Ragan
The author provides a non-technical explanation of the role played by the exchange rate in Canada's inflation-targeting monetary policy.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Research Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy implementation
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E50,
E52,
F,
F4,
F41
Does Financial Structure Matter for the Information Content of Financial Indicators?
Staff Working Paper 2005-33
Ramdane Djoudad,
Jack Selody,
Carolyn A. Wilkins
Of particular concern to monetary policy-makers is the considerable unreliability of financial variables for predicting GDP growth and inflation.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Research Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Credit and credit aggregates,
Inflation and prices,
Interest rates,
Monetary aggregates
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31,
E32
Degree of Internationalization and Performance: An Analysis of Canadian Banks
Staff Working Paper 2005-32
Walid Hejazi,
Eric Santor
The international business literature measures the link between the degree of internationalization (DOI) of a firm's activities and its performance.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Research Topic(s):
Financial institutions
JEL Code(s):
F,
F2,
F23,
G,
G2,
G21
Forecasting Canadian GDP: Region-Specific versus Countrywide Information
Staff Working Paper 2005-31
Frédérick Demers,
David Dupuis
The authors investigate whether the aggregation of region-specific forecasts improves upon the direct forecasting of Canadian GDP growth.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Research Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods
JEL Code(s):
C,
C3,
C32,
C5,
C53,
E,
E1,
E17
Intertemporal Substitution in Macroeconomics: Evidence from a Two-Dimensional Labour Supply Model with Money
Staff Working Paper 2005-30
Ali Dib,
Louis Phaneuf
The hypothesis of intertemporal substitution in labour supply has a history of empirical failure when confronted with aggregate time-series data.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Research Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Econometric and statistical methods,
Labour markets
JEL Code(s):
C,
C5,
C52,
E,
E2,
E24,
E3,
E32,
J,
J2,
J22
Has Exchange Rate Pass-Through Really Declined in Canada?
Staff Working Paper 2005-29
Hafedh Bouakez,
Nooman Rebei
Several empirical studies suggest that exchange rate pass-through has declined in recent years in industrialized countries.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Research Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Economic models,
Exchange rates,
Inflation and prices,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F4
Inflation and Relative Price Dispersion in Canada: An Empirical Assessment
Staff Working Paper 2005-28
André Binette,
Sylvain Martel
The authors investigate empirically the relationship between different aspects of inflation and relative price dispersion in Canada using a Markov regime-switching Phillips curve.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Research Topic(s):
Inflation and prices
JEL Code(s):
C,
C3,
C32,
E,
E3,
E31
Inflation Dynamics and the New Keynesian Phillips Curve: An Identification-Robust Econometric Analysis
Staff Working Paper 2005-27
Jean-Marie Dufour,
Lynda Khalaf,
Maral Kichian
The authors use identification-robust methods to assess the empirical adequacy of a New Keynesian Phillips curve (NKPC) equation.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Research Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Inflation and prices
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C13,
C5,
C52,
E,
E3,
E31