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Weather the Storms? Hurricanes, Technology and Oil Production
Staff Working Paper 2022-36
Johan Brannlund,
Geoffrey R. Dunbar,
Reinhard Ellwanger,
Matthew Krutkiewicz
Do technological improvements mitigate the potential damages from extreme weather events? We show that hurricanes lower offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and that stronger storms have larger impacts. Regulations enacted in 1980 that required improved offshore construction standards only modestly mitigated the production losses.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Climate change,
Potential output
JEL Code(s):
C,
C2,
C22,
C23,
Q,
Q4,
Q40,
Q48,
Q5,
Q54
PayTech and the D(ata) N(etwork) A(ctivities) of BigTech Platforms
Staff Working Paper 2022-35
Jonathan Chiu,
Thorsten Koeppl
Why do BigTech platforms introduce payment services? We explore this using a model in which a monopoly platform faces a trade-off between the costs associated with privacy concerns and the revenue from data services. We then analyze the feedback effects between data and payments.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Digital currencies and fintech,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
E,
E4,
E42,
L,
L1
Income Inequality in Canada
Staff Discussion Paper 2022-16
Sarah Burkinshaw,
Yaz Terajima,
Carolyn A. Wilkins
Data show that income inequality in Canada increased substantially during the 1980s and first half of the 1990s but has been relatively stable over the past 25 years. This increase was felt mainly by low-income earners and younger people, while older people benefited from higher retirement income.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Central bank research,
Labour markets,
Monetary and financial indicators
JEL Code(s):
D,
D3,
D31,
D6,
D63,
I,
I2,
I24,
I3,
I32,
J,
J3,
J31,
J32,
N,
N3,
N32
How Do People View Price and Wage Inflation?
Staff Working Paper 2022-34
Monica Jain,
Olena Kostyshyna,
Xu Zhang
This paper examines household-level data from the Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations (CSCE) to understand households’ expectations about price and wage inflation, how those expectations link to views about labour market conditions and the subsequent impact on households’ outlook for real spending growth.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Inflation and prices,
Monetary policy communications
JEL Code(s):
C,
C8,
C83,
D,
D8,
D84,
E,
E2,
E21,
E24,
E3,
E31
A Horse Race of Monetary Policy Regimes: An Experimental Investigation
Staff Working Paper 2022-33
Olena Kostyshyna,
Luba Petersen,
Jing Yang
How should central banks design monetary policy in stable times and during recessions? We run a horse race between five monetary policy frameworks in an experimental laboratory to assess how well the different approaches can manage the public’s expectations and stabilize the economy.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy,
Monetary policy communications,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
C,
C9,
D,
D8,
D84,
E,
E5,
E52,
E58
Cyber Risk and Security Investment
Staff Working Paper 2022-32
Toni Ahnert,
Michael Brolley,
David Cimon,
Ryan Riordan
We develop a principal-agent model of cyber-attacking with fee-paying clients who delegate security decisions to financial platforms. We derive testable implications about clients’ vulnerability to cyber attacks and about the fees charged.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Financial services,
Financial stability,
Financial system regulation and policies,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
D,
D7,
D78,
D8,
D81,
G,
G1,
G18,
G2,
G21,
G23
Canadians’ Access to Cash Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Staff Discussion Paper 2022-15
Heng Chen,
Marie-Hélène Felt
This paper studies Canadians’ access to cash using the geographical distribution of automated banking machines (ABMs). During the pandemic, there have been no sustained adverse effects on cash accessibility.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Financial services,
Regional economic developments
JEL Code(s):
J,
J1,
J15,
O,
O1,
R,
R5,
R51
Comparison of Bayesian and Sample Theory Parametric and Semiparametric Binary Response Models
Staff Working Paper 2022-31
Xiangjin Shen,
Iskander Karibzhanov,
Hiroki Tsurumi,
Shiliang Li
We use graphic processing unit computing to compare Bayesian and sample theory semiparametric binary response models. Our findings show that optimal bandwidth does not outperform regular bandwidth in binary semiparametric models.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Credit risk management,
Econometric and statistical methods
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C14,
C3,
C35,
C5,
C51,
C6,
C63,
D,
D1
Fixed-income dealing and central bank interventions
Staff Analytical Note 2022-9
David Cimon,
Adrian Walton
We summarize the theoretical model of central bank asset purchases developed in Cimon and Walton (2022). The model helps us understand how asset purchases ease pressures on investment dealers to restore market conditions in a crisis.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Economic models,
Financial institutions,
Financial markets,
Market structure and pricing
JEL Code(s):
G,
G1,
G10,
G2,
G20,
L,
L1,
L10