Staff working papers provide a forum for staff to publish work-in-progress research intended for journal publication.
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Uncertainty, Inflation, and Welfare
Staff Working Paper 2008-13
Jonathan Chiu,
Miguel Molico
This paper studies the welfare costs and the redistributive effects of inflation in the presence of idiosyncratic liquidity risk, in a micro-founded search-theoretical monetary model. We calibrate the model to match the empirical aggregate money demand and the distribution of money holdings across households, and study the effects of inflation under the implied degree of market incompleteness.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Inflation: costs and benefits,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E40,
E5,
E50
A Model of Tiered Settlement Networks
Staff Working Paper 2008-12
James Chapman,
Jonathan Chiu,
Miguel Molico
This paper develops a model of settlement system to study the endogenous structure of settlement networks, and the welfare consequences of clearing agent failure. The equilibrium degree of tiering is endogenously determined by the cost structure and the information structure.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Payment clearing and settlement systems
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E42,
E5,
E58,
G,
G2,
G21
An Examination of Canadian Firms Delisting from U.S. Exchanges
Staff Working Paper 2008-11
Jonathan Witmer
This paper examines Canadian and other foreign firms that have been involuntarily delisted from major U.S. exchanges. I find that, for most countries, less than 10% of firms get delisted from a U.S. exchange during my sample period.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial markets,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
G,
G3,
G30,
G38
Credit, Asset Prices, and Financial Stress in Canada
Staff Working Paper 2008-10
Miroslav Misina,
Greg Tkacz
Historical narratives typically associate financial crises with credit expansions and asset price misalignments. The question is whether some combination of measures of credit and asset prices can be used to predict these events.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Credit and credit aggregates,
Financial stability
JEL Code(s):
E,
E5,
G,
G1,
G10
A Model of Housing Boom and Bust in a Small Open Economy
Staff Working Paper 2008-9
Hajime Tomura
This paper considers a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model for a small open economy and finds that an improvement in the terms of trade causes a housing boom-bust cycle if the duration of the improvement is uncertain.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Credit and credit aggregates
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E44,
F,
F4,
F41
Welfare Effects of Commodity Price and Exchange Rate Volatilities in a Multi-Sector Small Open Economy Model
Staff Working Paper 2008-8
Ali Dib
This paper develops a multi-sector New Keynesian model of a small open economy that includes commodity, manufacturing, non-tradable, and import sectors. Price and wage rigidities are sector specific, modelled à la Calvo-Yun style contracts.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Exchange rate regimes,
International topics
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E5,
E52,
F,
F3,
F4
Markups in Canada: Have They Changed and Why?
Staff Working Paper 2008-7
Danny Leung
Many empirical studies have examined the cyclical nature of the markup ratio. Until recently, few have attempted to ascertain the changes in the markup over a longer time horizon.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31,
F,
F4,
F41,
L,
L1,
L11
Inflation Targeting and Price-Level-Path Targeting in the GEM: Some Open Economy Considerations
Staff Working Paper 2008-6
Donald Coletti,
René Lalonde,
Dirk Muir
This paper compares the performance of simple inflation targeting (IT) and price-level path targeting (PLPT) rules to stabilize the macroeconomy, in response to a series of shocks, similar to those seen in Canada and the United States over the 1983 to 2004 period.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Inflation and prices,
Inflation: costs and benefits,
Monetary policy framework
JEL Code(s):
C,
C5,
C51,
C52,
E,
E1,
E17,
E3,
E31,
E5,
E52
Unsecured Debt, Consumer Bankruptcy, and Small Business
Staff Working Paper 2008-5
Césaire Meh,
Yaz Terajima
In this paper we develop a quantitative model of entrepreneurial activity (risk-taking) and consumer bankruptcy choices and use the model to study the effects of bankruptcy regulations on entrepreneurial activity, bankruptcy rate and welfare.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Financial stability,
Financial system regulation and policies
JEL Code(s):
D,
D3,
D31,
E,
E2,
E21,
J,
J2,
J23