C51 - Model Construction and Estimation

• The Structure of the Small Annual Model

  Technical Report No. 40 David Rose, Jack Selody

  This volume contains a detailed description of the structure and sectoral properties of the Bank of Canada's Small Annual Model, SAM. The SAM model, constructed in the Research Department of the Bank, is designed for medium- to long-term simulation. It is small by econometric model standards; the version described in this report has 25 stochastic […]

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Technical reports Topic(s): Interest rates JEL Code(s): C, C5, C51, E, E4

• An Econometric Model of the Steel Trade

  Technical Report No. 33 Richard Dion

  In this report, the author uses steel as a case study for an analysis at the industrial level of forces at work in the international economy that have had an important impact on recent Canadian economic performance. Prominent among those forces are cost competitiveness and aggregate demand in Canada and abroad.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Technical reports Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Economic models JEL Code(s): C, C5, C51, F, F1, F14