Staff working papers provide a forum for staff to publish work-in-progress research intended for journal publication.
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result(s)
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
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
The Effects of Economic News on Bond Market Liquidity
Staff Working Paper 2004-16
Chris D'Souza,
Charles Gaa
The authors contrast the impact of two sources of information flow on the volatility of prices, trading activity, and liquidity in the brokered interdealer market for Government of Canada bonds.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Debt management,
Financial markets,
Market structure and pricing
JEL Code(s):
G,
G1,
G14
The Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey: An Assessment
Staff Working Paper 2004-15
Monica Martin,
Cristiano Papile
Since the autumn of 1997, the Bank of Canada's regional offices (located in Halifax, Montréal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver) have conducted consultations with businesses across Canada on a quarterly basis. These consultations are now referred to as the Business Outlook Survey (BOS).
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Domestic demand and components
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E32,
E6,
E66
National Saving–Investment Dynamics and International Capital Mobility
Staff Working Paper 2004-14
Florian Pelgrin,
Sebastian Schich
The authors analyze the dynamics of national saving–investment relationships to determine the degree of international capital mobility.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
International topics
JEL Code(s):
C,
C2,
C23,
F,
F3,
F31
Contraintes de liquidité et capital humain dans une petite économie ouverte
Staff Working Paper 2004-13
Florian Pelgrin
In an overlapping-generations model that represents a small open economy, where agents live two periods, liquidity constraints lead to low economic development when the only accumulable factor is human capital.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models
JEL Code(s):
I,
I2,
I20,
O,
O4,
O40
Durées d'utilisation des facteurs et fonction de production : une estimation par la méthode des moments généralisés en système
Staff Working Paper 2004-12
Eric Heyer,
Florian Pelgrin,
Arnaud Sylvain
Although a number of studies have demonstrated the importance of the degree of factor utilization in economic analysis, the impact of the durations of utilization in a production function remains largely unknown, particularly in terms of the duration of equipment 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