Staff working papers provide a forum for staff to publish work-in-progress research intended for journal publication.
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result(s)
Vertical Specialization and Gains from Trade
Staff Working Paper 2017-17
Patrick Alexander
Multi-stage production is widely recognized as an important feature of the modern global economy. This feature has been incorporated into many state-of-the-art quantitative trade models, and has been shown to deliver significant additional gains from international trade.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
International topics,
Trade integration
JEL Code(s):
F,
F1,
F11,
F14,
F6,
F60
Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity Meets the Zero Lower Bound
Staff Working Paper 2017-16
Robert Amano,
Stefano Gnocchi
We add downward nominal wage rigidity to a standard New Keynesian model with sticky prices and wages, where the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates is allowed to bind. We find that wage rigidity not only reduces the frequency of zero bound episodes but also mitigates the severity of corresponding recessions.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Inflation targets,
Labour markets,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E24,
E3,
E32,
E5,
E52
Constrained Efficiency with Adverse Selection and Directed Search
Staff Working Paper 2017-15
Mohammad Davoodalhosseini
Constrained efficient allocation (CE) is characterized in a model of adverse selection and directed search (Guerrieri, Shimer, and Wright (2010)). CE is defined to be the allocation that maximizes welfare, the ex-ante utility of all agents, subject to the frictions of the environment.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Financial markets,
Financial system regulation and policies,
Market structure and pricing
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
D82,
D83,
E,
E2,
E24,
G,
G1,
J,
J3,
J31,
J6,
J64
Strategic Complementarities and Money Market Fund Liquidity Management
Staff Working Paper 2017-14
Jonathan Witmer
Following the financial crisis, there has been increased regulatory focus on the management of liquidity in mutual funds and, specifically, whether funds hold enough liquidity to guard against the potential for investor runs.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial markets
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F30,
G,
G0,
G01,
G1,
G18,
G2,
G20
Markov‐Switching Three‐Pass Regression Filter
Staff Working Paper 2017-13
Pierre Guérin,
Danilo Leiva-Leon,
Massimiliano Marcellino
We introduce a new approach for the estimation of high-dimensional factor models with regime-switching factor loadings by extending the linear three-pass regression filter to settings where parameters can vary according to Markov processes.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods
JEL Code(s):
C,
C2,
C22,
C23,
C5,
C53
Accounting for Real Exchange Rates Using Micro‐Data
Staff Working Paper 2017-12
Mario J. Crucini,
Anthony Landry
The classical dichotomy predicts that all of the time-series variance in the aggregate real exchange rate is accounted for by non-traded goods in the consumer price index (CPI) basket because traded goods obey the Law of One Price. In stark contrast, Engel (1999) claimed the opposite: that traded goods accounted for all of the variance.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Exchange rates,
International financial markets,
Trade integration
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3
Anticipated Technology Shocks: A Re‐Evaluation Using Cointegrated Technologies
Staff Working Paper 2017-11
Joel Wagner
Two approaches have been taken in the literature to evaluate the relative importance of news shocks as a source of business cycle volatility. The first is an empirical approach that performs a structural vector autoregression to assess the relative importance of news shocks, while the second is a structural-model-based approach.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Productivity
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E32
Small‐Sample Tests for Stock Return Predictability with Possibly Non‐Stationary Regressors and GARCH‐Type Effects
Staff Working Paper 2017-10
Sermin Gungor,
Richard Luger
We develop a simulation-based procedure to test for stock return predictability with multiple regressors. The process governing the regressors is left completely free and the test procedure remains valid in small samples even in the presence of non-normalities and GARCH-type effects in the stock returns.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Asset pricing,
Econometric and statistical methods,
Financial markets
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C12,
C3,
C32,
G,
G1,
G14
Expropriation Risk and FDI in Developing Countries: Does Return of Capital Dominate Return on Capital?
Staff Working Paper 2017-9
M. Akhtaruzzaman,
Nathan Berg,
Christopher Hajzler
Previously reported effects of institutional quality and political risks on foreign direct investment (FDI) are mixed and, therefore, difficult to interpret. We present empirical evidence suggesting a relatively clear, statistically robust, and intuitive characterization.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Development economics,
International financial markets
JEL Code(s):
D,
D2,
D23,
F,
F2,
F21,
F23