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Heterogeneous beliefs and housing-market boom-bust cycles in a small open economy

Tomura, Hajime - 2009

This paper introduces heterogeneous beliefs among households in a small open economy model for the Canadian economy. The model suggests that simultaneous boom-bust cycles in house prices, output, investment, consumption and hours worked emerge when credit-constrained mortgage borrowers expect...

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Risk premium shocks and the zero bound on nominal interest rates

Amano, Robert A.; Shukayev, Malik - 2009

There appears to be a disconnect between the importance of the zero bound on nominal interest rates in the real-world and predictions from quantitative DSGE models. Recent economic events have reinforced the relevance of the zero bound for monetary policy whereas quantitative models suggest that...

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Exchange rate pass-through and monetary policy : how strong is the link?

Murchison, Stephen - 2009

consumer price index has declined in Canada since the early 1980s and is currently close to zero. Taylor (2000) suggests that … due to a change in the parameters of the central bank's policy rule. Evidence is presented for Canada indicating that … suggest that increases in the aggressiveness of policy consistent with that observed for Canada are sufficient to effectively …

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Price movements in the Canadian residential mortgage market

Allen, Jason; McVanel, Darcey - 2009

The authors empirically analyze the price-setting behaviour of the major Canadian banks in the residential mortgage market over the period 19912007. They use weekly posted prices of the major mortgage providers to study the degree of competition in mortgage price setting. Their results suggest...

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Consumption, housing collateral, and the Canadian business cycle

Christensen, Ian; Corrigan, Paul; Mendicino, Caterina; … - 2009

Using Bayesian methods, we estimate a small open economy model in which consumers face limits to credit determined by the value of their housing stock. The purpose of this paper is to quantify the role of collateralized household debt in the Canadian business cycle. Our findings show that the...

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