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Government Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment Under the Threat of Expropriation
Staff Working Paper 2016-13
Christopher Hajzler,
Jonathan Rosborough
Foreign investment is often constrained by two forms of political risk: expropriation and corruption. We examine the role of government corruption in foreign direct investment (FDI) when contracts are not fully transparent and investors face the threat of expropriation.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Development economics,
Economic models,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F2,
F21,
F23,
F3,
F34
Capital Structure, Pay Structure and Job Termination
Staff Working Paper 2016-12
Jason Allen,
James R. Thompson
We develop a model to analyze the link between financial leverage, worker pay structure and the risk of job termination. Contrary to the conventional view, we show that even in the absence of any agency problem among workers, variable pay can be optimal despite workers being risk averse and firms risk neutral.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Labour markets
JEL Code(s):
G,
G2,
G24,
J,
J3,
J33
Dating Systemic Financial Stress Episodes in the EU Countries
Staff Working Paper 2016-11
Benjamin Klaus,
Tuomas Peltonen,
Thibaut Duprey
This paper introduces a new methodology to date systemic financial stress events in a transparent, objective and reproducible way. The financial cycle is captured by a monthly country-specific financial stress index.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Central bank research,
Econometric and statistical methods,
Economic models,
Financial markets,
Financial stability,
Financial system regulation and policies,
Monetary and financial indicators
JEL Code(s):
C,
C5,
C54,
G,
G0,
G01,
G1,
G15
Measuring Systemic Risk Across Financial Market Infrastructures
Staff Working Paper 2016-10
Fuchun Li,
Héctor Pérez Saiz
We measure systemic risk in the network of financial market infrastructures (FMIs) as the probability that two or more FMIs have a large credit risk exposure to the same FMI participant.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Financial stability,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
C,
C5,
C58,
G,
G2,
G21,
G23
Predictive Ability of Commodity Prices for the Canadian Dollar
Staff Analytical Note 2016-2
Kimberly Berg,
Pierre Guérin,
Yuko Imura
Recent sharp declines in commodity prices and the simultaneous depreciation of the Canadian dollar (CAD) relative to the U.S. dollar (USD) have rekindled an interest in the relationship between commodity prices and the CAD-USD exchange rate.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Exchange rates
A Framework in Search of an Optimal Margining Policy for Official Institutions: The Canadian Experience
Staff Discussion Paper 2016-9
Tomo Nakashima,
Mihai Cosma,
Boran Plong
One of the main outcomes of the global financial crisis has been a series of new regulations imposed on the financial system and specifically on banks.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Financial markets,
Foreign reserves management
JEL Code(s):
G,
G3,
G32
Canadian Repo Market Ecology
Staff Discussion Paper 2016-8
Corey Garriott,
Kyle Gray
This is the first of the Financial Markets Department’s descriptions of Canadian financial industrial organization. The document discusses the organization of the repurchase-agreement (repo) market in Canada.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial markets,
Financial system regulation and policies,
Market structure and pricing
JEL Code(s):
G,
G1,
G18,
G2,
G21,
G23
The Dynamics of Capital Flow Episodes
Staff Working Paper 2016-9
Christian Friedrich,
Pierre Guérin
This paper proposes a novel methodology for identifying episodes of strong capital flows based on a regime-switching model. In comparison with the existing literature, a key advantage of our methodology is to estimate capital flow regimes without the need for context- and sample-specific assumptions.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
International financial markets,
International topics,
Monetary policy and uncertainty
JEL Code(s):
F,
F2,
F21,
F3,
F32,
G,
G1,
G11
The Evolution of the Chinese Housing Market and Its Impact on Base Metal Prices
Staff Discussion Paper 2016-7
Mark Kruger,
Kun Mo,
Benjamin Sawatzky
The Chinese housing market has grown rapidly following its liberalization in the 1990s, generating significant economic activity and demand for base metals. In this paper, we discuss the evolution of the Chinese housing market and quantify its importance for the overall Chinese economy and its linkages to base metal prices.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
International topics
JEL Code(s):
Q,
Q3,
Q31,
R,
R3,
R31