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An International Dynamic Term Structure Model with Economic Restrictions and Unspanned Risks
Staff Working Paper 2012-5
Gregory Bauer,
Antonio Diez de los Rios
We construct a multi-country affine term structure model that contains unspanned macroeconomic and foreign exchange risks. The canonical version of the model is derived and is shown to be easy to estimate.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Asset pricing,
Exchange rates,
Interest rates
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E43,
F,
F3,
F31,
G,
G1,
G12,
G15
Price Competition and Concentration in Search and Negotiation Markets: Evidence from Mortgage Lending
Staff Working Paper 2012-4
Jason Allen,
Robert Clark,
Jean-François Houde
This paper examines the impact of bank consolidation on mortgage rates in order to evaluate the extent to which mortgage markets are competitive. Mortgage markets are decentralized and so rates are determined through a search and negotiation process.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial services,
Interest rates
JEL Code(s):
G,
G2,
L,
L1
Fooled by Search: Housing Prices, Turnover and Bubbles
Staff Working Paper 2012-3
Brian Peterson
his paper develops and estimates a model to explain the behaviour of house prices in the United States. The main finding is that over 70% of the increase in house prices relative to trend during the increase of house prices in the United States from 1995 to 2006 can be explained by a pricing mechanism where market participants are ‘Fooled by Search.’
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Asset pricing,
Business fluctuations and cycles
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
R,
R2,
R21
A Foreign Activity Measure for Predicting Canadian Exports
Staff Discussion Paper 2012-1
Louis Morel
The author constructs a measure of foreign activity that takes into account the composition of foreign demand for Canadian exports. It has a number of interesting features.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Balance of payments and components,
Exchange rates,
Recent economic and financial developments
JEL Code(s):
E,
E0,
E00,
F,
F1,
F17
February 2, 2012
Banking Crises and Contagion: Empirical Evidence
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Financial System Review articles
February 1, 2012
Measuring Financial Stress
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Financial System Review articles