Economic models

• An Optimized Monetary Policy Rule for ToTEM

  Staff Working Paper 2006-41 Jean-Philippe Cayen, Amy Corbett, Patrick Perrier

  The authors propose a monetary policy rule for the Terms-of-Trade Economic Model (ToTEM), the Bank of Canada's new projection and policy-analysis model for the Canadian economy.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Economic models, Monetary policy framework, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52

• Education and Self-Employment: Changes in Earnings and Wealth Inequality

  Staff Working Paper 2006-40 Yaz Terajima

  The author quantitatively studies the interaction between education and occupation choices and its implication for the relationship between the changes in earnings inequality and the changes in wealth inequality in the United States over the 1983–2001 period.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Economic models, Labour markets JEL Code(s): D, D3, D31, I, I2, I21, J, J2, J23