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Commodity-Linked Bonds: A Potential Means for Less-Developed Countries to Raise Foreign Capital
Staff Working Paper 2004-20
Joseph Atta-Mensah
The author suggests that commodity-linked bonds could provide a potential means for less-developed countries (LDCs) to raise money on the international capital markets, rather than through standard forms of financing.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Development economics,
Financial markets,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F30,
F34,
F4,
F49,
G,
G1,
G11,
G13,
O,
O1,
O16
May 23, 2004
The Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey
Since the autumn of 1997, the regional offices of the Bank of Canada have conducted quarterly consultations with businesses across Canada. Timed to feed into the process that precedes the Bank's fixed dates for announcing monetary policy decisions, the consultations (now referred to as the Business Outlook Survey) are structured around a questionnaire which is sent to 100 firms that reflect the Canadian economy in terms of region, type of business activity, and firm size. Martin describes both the consultation process and the questionnaire and makes an initial assessment of the data gathered during the business interviews. The article includes charts and correlation tables that illustrate the responses to the key questions included in the survey.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Regional economic developments
May 22, 2004
Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Industrialized Countries
Economists' long-standing interest in the degree to which exchange rate movements are reflected in prices was rekindled in the 1970s by a combination of rising inflation and the adoption of more flexible exchange rate regimes in many industrialized countries. Specifically, there were concerns that a large currency depreciation could degenerate into an inflationary spiral. Such fears were curtailed in the 1980s and early 1990s as industrialized countries began to reduce and stabilize their inflation rates. The low-inflation period most industrialized countries entered approximately a decade ago coincided with significant exchange rate depreciations that had much smaller effects on consumer prices than expected. This led to a belief that the extent to which exchange rate movements are passed through to consumer prices has declined. In this article, the authors examine why pass-through could be incomplete and review empirical estimates to determine whether pass-through has indeed declined, suggesting possible reasons for this decline and discussing the implications for monetary policy.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
Inflation and prices,
Monetary policy framework
May 21, 2004
Are Wealth Effects Important for Canada?
Some analysts believe that a sharp rise in equity values was an important factor in the strong consumer spending between 1995 and 2000. Empirical evidence suggests, however, that consumer spending responds more to changes in housing wealth than it does to equity wealth.
Content Type(s):
Publications,
Bank of Canada Review articles
Topic(s):
Domestic demand and components
Translog ou Cobb-Douglas? Le rôle des durées d'utilisation des facteurs
Staff Working Paper 2004-19
Eric Heyer,
Florian Pelgrin,
Arnaud Sylvain
Using French data on industrial firms over the period 1989-2001, the authors estimate a "flexible" Translog production function that accounts for the volumes and durations of factor utilization.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models
JEL Code(s):
C,
C3,
C33,
D,
D2,
D24,
J,
J2,
J23
When Bad Things Happen to Good Banks: Contagious Bank Runs and Currency Crises
Staff Working Paper 2004-18
Raphael Solomon
The author develops a twin crisis model featuring multiple banks.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
Financial institutions
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
E58,
F,
F3,
F30,
G,
G2,
G21
International Cross-Listing and the Bonding Hypothesis
Staff Working Paper 2004-17
Michael R. King,
Dan Segal
The authors describe a new view of cross-listing that links the impact on firm valuation to the firm's ability to develop an active secondary market for its shares in the U.S. markets.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial markets,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
G,
G1,
G12,
G15