Market Size and Entry in International Trade: Product Versus Firm Fixed Costs Staff Working Paper 2018-43 Walter Steingress This paper develops a theoretical framework to infer the nature of fixed costs from the relationship between entry patterns in international markets and destination market size. If fixed costs are at the firm level, firms take advantage of an intrafirm spillover by expanding firm-level product range (scope). Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Firm dynamics, International topics, Trade integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F12, F14, F2, F23
September 6, 2018 Pioneer Award: Bank of Canada This article published by Central Banking portrays our Fintech Working Group as the winner of the first Pioneer Award for our broad-based approach on fintech and our work on Project Jasper.
September 6, 2018 Historical Bank of Canada holdings View our historical data for Bank of Canada holdings.
September 6, 2018 An Update on Canada’s Economic Resilience Remarks Carolyn A. Wilkins Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership Regina, Saskatchewan Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins discusses economic developments since the July Monetary Policy Report and Governing Council’s deliberations leading to yesterday’s policy rate decision. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Economic models, Inflation targets, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Monetary policy and uncertainty, Recent economic and financial developments, Trade integration
Estimating the Impacts of Tariff Changes: Two Illustrative Scenarios Staff Analytical Note 2018-29 Karyne B. Charbonneau, Anthony Landry We build upon new developments in the international trade literature to construct a quantitative Ricardian framework similar to Caliendo and Parro (2015) to isolate and estimate the long-run economic impacts of tariff changes. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Recent economic and financial developments, Trade integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F11, F13, F14, F15, F5, F50, F6, F62, F68