F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

• Commodity-Linked Bonds: A Potential Means for Less-Developed Countries to Raise Foreign Capital

  Staff Working Paper 2004-20 Joseph Atta-Mensah

  The author suggests that commodity-linked bonds could provide a potential means for less-developed countries (LDCs) to raise money on the international capital markets, rather than through standard forms of financing.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Development economics, Financial markets, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F3, F30, F34, F4, F49, G, G1, G11, G13, O, O1, O16

• Modélisation « PAC » du secteur extérieur de l'économie américaine

  Staff Working Paper 2004-3 Marc-André Gosselin, René Lalonde

  In this paper, the authors use polynomial adjustment cost (PAC) models to analyze and forecast the main components of the U.S. trade sector.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Domestic demand and components, Econometric and statistical methods, International topics JEL Code(s): C, C3, C32, E, E3, E37, F, F4, F47