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Bond Funds and Fixed-Income Market Liquidity: A Stress-Testing Approach
Technical Report No. 115
Rohan Arora,
Guillaume Bédard-Pagé,
Guillaume Ouellet Leblanc,
Ryan Shotlander
This report provides a detailed technical description of a stress test model for investment funds called Ceto.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Financial institutions,
Financial markets,
Financial stability
JEL Code(s):
G,
G1,
G12,
G14,
G2,
G20,
G23
Firm-level Investment Under Imperfect Capital Markets in Ukraine
Staff Working Paper 2019-14
Oleksandr Shcherbakov
This paper develops and estimates a model of firm-level fixed capital investment when
firms face borrowing constraints.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Economic models,
Firm dynamics
JEL Code(s):
C,
C6,
C61,
C63,
D,
D2,
D24,
G,
G3,
G31
Global Commodity Markets and Rebalancing in China: The Case of Copper
Staff Discussion Paper 2019-3
Jeannine Bailliu,
Doga Bilgin,
Kun Mo,
Kurt Niquidet,
Benjamin Sawatzky
Given that China accounts for about half of global copper consumption, it is reasonable to expect that any significant change in Chinese copper consumption will have an impact on the global market.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
O,
O1,
O13,
O14,
Q,
Q0,
Q02
The Trend Unemployment Rate in Canada: Searching for the Unobservable
Staff Working Paper 2019-13
Dany Brouillette,
Marie-Noëlle Robitaille,
Laurence Savoie-Chabot,
Pierre St-Amant,
Bassirou Gueye,
Elise Nelson
In this paper, we assess several methods that have been used to measure the Canadian trend unemployment rate (TUR). We also consider improvements and extensions to some existing methods.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Economic models,
Inflation and prices,
Labour markets
JEL Code(s):
C,
C5,
C52,
C53,
E,
E2,
E24,
E27
Local Labor Markets in Canada and the United States
Staff Working Paper 2019-12
David Albouy,
Alex Chernoff,
Chandler Lutz,
Casey Warman
We examine local labor markets in the United States and Canada from 1990 to 2011 using comparable household and business data. Wage levels and inequality rise with city population in both countries, albeit less in Canada.
Non-Bank Financial Intermediation in Canada: An Update
Staff Discussion Paper 2019-2
Guillaume Bédard-Pagé
Non-bank financing provides an important funding source for the economy and is a valuable alternative to traditional banking. It helps enhance the efficiency and resiliency of the financial system while giving customers more choices for their financial services. Unlike banking, it is not prudentially regulated.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff discussion papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial markets,
Financial stability
JEL Code(s):
G,
G0,
G01,
G2,
G20,
G23
Non-Resident Taxes and the Role of House Price Expectations
Staff Analytical Note 2019-8
Mikael Khan,
Matthieu Verstraete
In recent years, the governments of Ontario and British Columbia have imposed taxes on purchases by non-Canadian residents of residential properties in certain jurisdictions.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff analytical notes
Topic(s):
Financial stability,
Housing
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
D84,
R,
R2,
R21
Do Survey Expectations of Stock Returns Reflect Risk Adjustments?
Staff Working Paper 2019-11
Klaus Adam,
Dmitry Matveev,
Stefan Nagel
Motivated by the observation that survey expectations of stock returns are inconsistent with rational return expectations under real-world probabilities, we investigate whether alternative expectations hypotheses entertained in the literature on asset pricing are consistent with the survey evidence.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Asset pricing,
Economic models,
Financial markets
JEL Code(s):
G,
G1,
G10,
G12
Limiting Sender’s Information in Bayesian Persuasion
Staff Working Paper 2019-10
Shota Ichihashi
This paper studies how the outcome of Bayesian persuasion depends on a sender’s information. I study a game in which, prior to the sender’s information disclosure, the designer can restrict the most informative signal that the sender can generate.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
D82,
D83