Staff working papers provide a forum for staff to publish work-in-progress research intended for journal publication.
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result(s)
Finance Constraints and Inventory Investment: Empirical Tests with Panel Data
Staff Working Paper 2004-38
Rose Cunningham
The author empirically tests two aspects of the interaction between financial variables and inventory investment: negative cash flow and finance constraints due to asymmetric information.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Financial institutions
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E22,
G,
G1,
G14
The Implications of Transmission and Information Lags for the Stabilization Bias and Optimal Delegation
Staff Working Paper 2004-37
Jean-Paul Lam,
Florian Pelgrin
In two recent papers, Jensen (2002) and Walsh (2003), using a hybrid New Keynesian model, demonstrate that a regime that targets either nominal income growth or the change in the output gap can effectively replicate the outcome under commitment and hence reduce the size of the stabilization bias.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Inflation targets,
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E52,
E58,
E6,
E62
Optimal Taylor Rules in an Estimated Model of a Small Open Economy
Staff Working Paper 2004-36
Steve Ambler,
Ali Dib,
Nooman Rebei
The authors compute welfare-maximizing Taylor rules in a dynamic general-equilibrium model of a small open economy.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Exchange rates,
Inflation targets
JEL Code(s):
F,
F2,
F3,
F31,
F33
The U.S. New Keynesian Phillips Curve: An Empirical Assessment
Staff Working Paper 2004-35
Alain Guay,
Florian Pelgrin
The authors examine the evidence presented by Galí and Gertler (1999) and Galí, Gertler, and Lopez-Salido (2001, 2003) that the inflation dynamics in the United States can be well-described by the New Keynesian Phillips curve (NKPC).
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Inflation and prices
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C13,
C5,
C52,
E,
E3,
E31
Market Valuation and Risk Assessment of Canadian Banks
Staff Working Paper 2004-34
Ying Liu,
Mingwei Yuan,
Eli Papakirykos
The authors apply the asset-valuation model developed by Rabinovitch (1989) to six publicly traded Canadian banks over the period 1982–2002.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions
JEL Code(s):
G,
G1,
G12,
G2,
G21
Counterfeiting: A Canadian Perspective
Staff Working Paper 2004-33
John Chant
Counterfeiting is a significant public policy issue, because paper money, despite rumours of its demise, remains an important part of our payments system.
Investment, Private Information, and Social Learning: A Case Study of the Semiconductor Industry
Staff Working Paper 2004-32
Rose Cunningham
Social learning models of investment provide an interesting explanation for sudden changes in investment behaviour.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles
JEL Code(s):
C,
C3,
C35,
E,
E3,
E32,
L,
L6,
L63
The New Keynesian Hybrid Phillips Curve: An Assessment of Competing Specifications for the United States
Staff Working Paper 2004-31
David Dupuis
Inflation forecasting is fundamental to monetary policy. In practice, however, economists are faced with competing goals: accuracy and theoretical consistency.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Inflation and prices
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31
The New Basel Capital Accord and the Cyclical Behaviour of Bank Capital
Staff Working Paper 2004-30
Mark Illing,
Graydon Paulin
The authors conduct a counterfactual simulation of the proposed rules under the new Basel Capital Accord (Basel II), including the revised treatment of expected and unexpected credit losses proposed by the Basel Committee in October 2003.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions
JEL Code(s):
G,
G2,
G21,
G28,
K,
K2,
K23