Staff working papers provide a forum for staff to publish work-in-progress research intended for journal publication.
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result(s)
The Macroeconomic Effects of Non-Zero Trend Inflation
Staff Working Paper 2006-34
Robert Amano,
Steve Ambler,
Nooman Rebei
The authors study the macroeconomic effects of non-zero trend inflation in a simple dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model with sticky prices.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Business fluctuations and cycles,
Economic models,
Inflation and prices,
Inflation targets
JEL Code(s):
E,
E2,
E24,
E3,
E32
Are Canadian Banks Efficient? A Canada–U.S. Comparison
Staff Working Paper 2006-33
Jason Allen,
Walter Engert,
Ying Liu
The authors compare the efficiency of Canada's largest banks with U.S. commercial banks over the past 20 years. Efficiency is measured in three ways.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Financial institutions
JEL Code(s):
C,
C3,
C33,
D,
D2,
D24,
G,
G2,
G21
Governance and the IMF: Does the Fund Follow Corporate Best Practice?
Staff Working Paper 2006-32
Eric Santor
The governance challenges facing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are not simply limited to representation and voice, and the associated question of quota allocation.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
International topics
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3
Assessing and Valuing the Non-Linear Structure of Hedge Fund Returns
Staff Working Paper 2006-31
Antonio Diez de los Rios,
René Garcia
Several studies have put forward the non-linear structure and option-like features of returns associated with hedge fund strategies.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Financial institutions
JEL Code(s):
C,
C1,
C5,
G,
G1
Multinationals and Exchange Rate Pass-Through
Staff Working Paper 2006-30
Alexandra Lai,
Oana Secrieru
The authors examine the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on exchange rate pass-through in an environment where an MNE engages in Cournot (quantity) competition with domestic and foreign rivals.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Economic models,
Exchange rates,
Market structure and pricing
JEL Code(s):
F,
F2,
F23,
L,
L1,
L16
The Turning Black Tide: Energy Prices and the Canadian Dollar
Staff Working Paper 2006-29
Ramzi Issa,
Robert Lafrance,
John Murray
The authors revisit the relationship between energy prices and the Canadian dollar in the Amano and van Norden (1995) equation, which shows a negative relationship such that higher real energy prices lead to a depreciation of the Canadian dollar.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Exchange rates
JEL Code(s):
F,
F3,
F31
Estimation of the Default Risk of Publicly Traded Canadian Companies
Staff Working Paper 2006-28
Georges Dionne,
Sadok Laajimi,
Sofiane Mejri,
Madalina Petrescu
Two models of default risk are prominent in the financial literature: Merton's structural model and Altman's non-structural model.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Credit and credit aggregates,
Debt management,
Econometric and statistical methods,
Financial markets,
Recent economic and financial developments
JEL Code(s):
G,
G2,
G21,
G24,
G28,
G3,
G33
Can Affine Term Structure Models Help Us Predict Exchange Rates?
Staff Working Paper 2006-27
Antonio Diez de los Rios
The author proposes an arbitrage-free model of the joint behaviour of interest and exchange rates whose exchange rate forecasts outperform those produced by a random-walk model, a vector autoregression on the forward premiums and the rate of depreciation, and the standard forward premium regression.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Exchange rates,
Interest rates
JEL Code(s):
E,
E4,
E43,
F,
F3,
F31,
G,
G1,
G12,
G15
Using Monthly Indicators to Predict Quarterly GDP
Staff Working Paper 2006-26
Yi Zheng,
James Rossiter
The authors build a model for predicting current-quarter real gross domestic product (GDP) growth using anywhere from zero to three months of indicators from that quarter.
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Staff working papers
Topic(s):
Econometric and statistical methods,
Economic models
JEL Code(s):
C,
C2,
C22,
C5,
C53