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Les provinces canadiennes et la convergence : une évaluation empirique
Staff Working Paper 1994-10
Mario Lefebvre
This paper examines whether the hypothesis of economic convergence holds for the Canadian provinces. Using data on real gross domestic product per capita and on factor productivity from 1966 to 1992, the paper shows, using two different methods, that the convergence hypothesis cannot be rejected. This evidence supports the findings of other authors who have studied convergence among Canadian provinces.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Recent economic and financial developments
Symétrie des chocs touchant les régions canadiennes et choix d'un régime de change
Staff Working Paper 1994-9
Alain DeSerres,
René Lalonde
The authors attempt to determine whether the primary advantage of the flexible exchange rate between Canada and the United States—the rapid adjustment of the real exchange rate following an asymmetrical shock—is as evident at the regional as at the national level.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates
The Bank of Canada's New Quarterly Projection Model, Part 1. The Steady-State Model: SSQPM
Technical Report No. 72
Richard Black,
Douglas Laxton,
David Rose,
Robert Tetlow
This report is the first documenting the Bank of Canada's new model of the Canadian economy, the Quarterly Projection Model (QPM). QPM is used at the Bank of Canada for both economic projections and policy analysis. Here the authors focus on the model's long-run properties, describing SSQPM, a model of the steady state of QPM […]
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Economic models
JEL Code(s):
C,
C5,
C51,
E,
E1,
E13
Wealth, Disposable Income and Consumption: Some Evidence for Canada
Technical Report No. 71
Tiff Macklem
The author develops a measure of aggregate private sector wealth in Canada and examines its ability to explain aggregate consumption of non-durables and services. This wealth measure includes financial, physical and human wealth. The author measures human wealth as the expected present value of aggregate labour income, net of government expenditures, based on a discrete […]
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Domestic demand and components
JEL Code(s):
D,
D9,
D91,
E,
E2,
E21
An Empirical Investigation into Government Spending and Private Sector Behaviour
Staff Working Paper 1994-8
Robert Amano,
Tony S. Wirjanto
We examine whether there is a significant relationship between government and private consumption for Canada. We derive estimating equations between the two types of consumption under both cointegration and no-cointegration assumptions.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Recent economic and financial developments
L'endettement du secteur privé au Canada: un examen macroéconomique
Staff Working Paper 1994-7
Jean-François Fillion
In this study, the author examines the hypothesis of private-sector debt overhang, which suggests that households and businesses may on occasion find themselves holding too much debt and so decide to reduce it by cutting back expenditures. His aim is to determine whether this hypothesis can help explain the weakness of credit growth and the sluggishness of the recent economic recovery in Canada.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Sectoral balance sheet
The Implications of the FTA and NAFTA for Canada and Mexico
Technical Report No. 70
William White
This report highlights the possible implications of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for Canada and Mexico. While it is still early, the initial evidence indicates that these treaties are contributing to a continental process of industrial restructuring that will contribute to higher living standards over time. The […]
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F1,
F13
From Monetary Policy Instruments to Administered Interest Rates: The Transmission Mechanism in Canada
Technical Report No. 69
Kevin Clinton,
Donna Howard
The authors investigate interest-rate aspects of the transmission mechanism of monetary policy instruments in Canada, focussing on the stability of the relationships between some key interest rates and the instruments of monetary policy. To determine what shifts may have occurred in recent years, they describe movements in rate differentials, apply cointegration tests and estimate error-correction […]
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Monetary policy transmission
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E52
The Dynamic Behaviour of Canadian Imports and the Linear-Quadratic Model: Evidence Based on the Euler Equation
Staff Working Paper 1994-6
Robert Amano,
Tony S. Wirjanto
We examine the ability of the simple linear-quadratic model under rational expectations to explain dynamic behaviour of aggregate Canadian imports. In contrast to authors of previous studies who examine dynamic behaviour using the LQ model, we estimate the structural parameters using the Euler equation in a limited information framework that does not require an explicit solution for the model's control variables in terms of the exogenous forcing variables.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Recent economic and financial developments