Staff working papers provide a forum for staff to publish work-in-progress research intended for journal publication.
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Search Frictions, Financial Frictions and Labour Market Fluctuations in Emerging Markets
Staff Working Paper 2014-35
Sumru Altug,
Serdar Kabaca
This paper examines the role of the extensive and intensive margins of labour input in the context of a business cycle model with a financial friction. We document significant variation in the hours worked per worker for many emerging-market economies. Both employment and hours worked per worker are positively correlated with each other and with output.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Development economics,
Interest rates,
International topics,
Labour markets
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E44,
F,
F4,
F41,
J,
J4,
J40
Housework and Fiscal Expansions
Staff Working Paper 2014-34
Stefano Gnocchi,
Daniela Hauser,
Evi Pappa
We build an otherwise-standard business cycle model with housework, calibrated consistently with data on time use, in order to discipline consumption-hours complementarity and relate its strength to the size of fiscal multipliers.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Fiscal policy
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E24,
E3,
E32,
E5,
E52,
E6,
E62
Competition in the Cryptocurrency Market
Staff Working Paper 2014-33
Neil Gandal,
Hanna Halaburda
We analyze how network effects affect competition in the nascent cryptocurrency market. We do so by examining the changes over time in exchange rate data among cryptocurrencies.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Digital currencies and fintech
JEL Code(s):
L,
L1
Commodity Price Co-Movement and Global Economic Activity
Staff Working Paper 2014-32
Ron Alquist,
Olivier Coibion
Guided by a macroeconomic model in which non-energy commodity prices are endogenously determined, we apply a new factor-based identification strategy to decompose the historical sources of changes in commodity prices and global economic activity.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
F,
F4
Capital Flows and Macroprudential Policies - A Multilateral Assessment of Effectiveness and Externalities
Staff Working Paper 2014-31
John Beirne,
Christian Friedrich
This paper assesses the effectiveness and associated externalities that arise when macroprudential policies (MPPs) are used to manage international capital flows. Using a sample of up to 139 countries, we examine the impact of eight different MPP measures on cross-border bank flows over the period 1999-2009.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Balance of payments and components,
Financial markets,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F5,
G,
G0,
G01,
G1,
G11
Information, Amplification and Financial Crisis
Staff Working Paper 2014-30
Ali Kakhbod,
Toni Ahnert
We propose a parsimonious model of information choice in a global coordination game of regime change that is used to analyze debt crises, bank runs or currency attacks. A change in the publicly available information alters the uncertainty about the behavior of other investors.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions,
Financial stability
JEL Code(s):
D,
D8,
D83,
G,
G0,
G01
Optimal Margining and Margin Relief in Centrally Cleared Derivatives Markets
Staff Working Paper 2014-29
Radoslav Raykov
A major policy challenge posed by derivatives clearinghouses is that their collateral requirements can rise sharply in times of stress, reducing market liquidity and further exacerbating downturns.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
G,
G1,
G19,
G2,
G21
Consumer Attitudes and the Epidemiology of Inflation Expectations
Staff Working Paper 2014-28
Michael Ehrmann,
Damjan Pfajfar,
Emiliano Santoro
This paper studies the formation of consumers’ inflation expectations using micro-level data from the Michigan Survey. It shows that beyond the well-established socio-economic determinants of inflation expectations such as gender, income or education, other characteristics such as the households’ financial situation and their purchasing attitudes also matter.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Inflation and prices
JEL Code(s):
C,
C5,
C53,
D,
D8,
D84,
E,
E3,
E31
Retail Payment Innovations and Cash Usage: Accounting for Attrition Using Refreshment Samples
Staff Working Paper 2014-27
Heng Chen,
Marie-Hélène Felt,
Kim Huynh
We exploit the panel dimension of the Canadian Financial Monitor (CFM) data to estimate the impact of retail payment innovations on cash usage. We estimate a semiparametric panel data model that accounts for unobserved heterogeneity and allows for general forms of non-random attrition.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Bank notes,
Digital currencies and fintech,
Econometric and statistical methods,
Financial services
JEL Code(s):
C,
C3,
C35,
E,
E4,
E41