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Bank Competition and International Financial Integration: Evidence Using a New Index
Staff Working Paper 2010-35
Gurnain Pasricha
This paper finds a strong empirical link between domestic banking sector competitiveness and de facto international integration. De-facto international integration is measured through a new index of financial integration, which measures, for deviations from covered interest parity, the size of no-arbitrage bands and the speed of arbitrage outside the no-arbitrage band.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Financial markets,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F32,
G,
G1,
G15,
G2,
G21
Semi-Structural Models for Inflation Forecasting
Staff Working Paper 2010-34
Maral Kichian,
Rumler Fabio,
Paul Corrigan
We propose alternative single-equation semi-structural models for forecasting inflation in Canada, whereby structural New Keynesian models are combined with time-series features in the data. Several marginal cost measures are used, including one that in addition to unit labour cost also integrates relative price shocks known to play an important role in open-economies.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Inflation and prices
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C13,
C5,
C53,
E,
E3,
E31
Composition of International Capital Flows: A Survey
Staff Working Paper 2010-33
Koralai Kirabaeva,
Assaf Razin
We survey several key mechanisms that explain the composition of international capital flows: foreign direct investment, foreign portfolio investment and debt flows (bank loans and bonds). In particular, we focus on the following market frictions: asymmetric information in capital markets and exposure to liquidity shocks.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
International topics
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
D82,
F,
F2,
F21,
F3,
F34
Adverse Selection, Liquidity, and Market Breakdown
Staff Working Paper 2010-32
Koralai Kirabaeva
This paper studies the interaction between adverse selection, liquidity risk and beliefs about systemic risk in determining market liquidity, asset prices and welfare. Even a small amount of adverse selection in the asset market can lead to fire-sale pricing and possibly to a market breakdown if it is accompanied by a flight-to-liquidity, a misassessment of systemic risk, or uncertainty about asset values.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial markets,
Financial stability
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
D82,
G,
G0,
G01,
G1,
G11
Text Mining and the Information Content of Bank of Canada Communications
Staff Working Paper 2010-31
Scott Hendry,
Alison Madeley
This paper uses Latent Semantic Analysis to extract information from Bank of Canada communication statements and investigates what type of information affects returns and volatility in short-term as well as long-term interest rate markets over the 2002-2008 period.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial markets,
Monetary policy implementation
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E58,
G,
G1,
G14
On Fiscal Multipliers: Estimates from a Medium Scale DSGE Model
Staff Working Paper 2010-30
Sarah Zubairy
This paper contributes to the debate on fiscal multipliers, in the context of a structural model. I estimate a micro-founded dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, that features a rich fiscal policy block and a transmission mechanism for government spending shocks, using Bayesian techniques for US data.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Fiscal policy
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C11,
E,
E3,
E32,
E6,
E62,
H,
H3,
H30
Understanding Systemic Risk: The Trade-Offs between Capital, Short-Term Funding and Liquid Asset Holdings
Staff Working Paper 2010-29
Céline Gauthier,
Zhongfang He,
Moez Souissi
We offer a multi-period systemic risk assessment framework with which to assess recent liquidity and capital regulatory requirement proposals in a holistic way.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial stability,
Financial system regulation and policies
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C15,
C8,
C81,
E,
E4,
E44,
G,
G0,
G01,
G2,
G21
Trends in U.S. Hours and the Labor Wedge
Staff Working Paper 2010-28
Simona Cociuba,
Alexander Ueberfeldt
From 1980 until 2007, U.S. average hours worked increased by thirteen percent, due to a large increase in female hours. At the same time, the U.S. labor wedge, measured as the discrepancy between a representative household's marginal rate of substitution between consumption and leisure and the marginal product of labor, declined substantially.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Labour markets,
Potential output
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E24,
H,
H2,
H20,
H3,
H31,
J,
J2,
J22
Stability versus Flexibility: The Role of Temporary Employment in Labour Adjustment
Staff Working Paper 2010-27
Shutao Cao,
Danny Leung
In Canada, temporary workers account for 14 per cent of jobs in the non-farm business sector, are present in a range of industries, and account for 40 per cent of the total job reallocation. Yet most models of job reallocation abstract from temporary workers.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Labour markets,
Productivity
JEL Code(s):
D,
D2,
D24,
J,
J3,
J32