' funding advantage in Canada, and on the extent to which market discipline exists across different securities issued by the … Canadian banks. The banking sector in Canada provides a unique setting in which to examine market discipline along with the … prospects of proposed reforms, because Canada has no history of government bailouts. Our results suggest that large banks likely …

The authors document leverage, capital and liquidity ratios of banks in Canada. These ratios are important indicators … compare leverage and capital ratios for banks in Canada and the United States in the period leading up to the recent crisis …. They find that in Canada, most of the risks indicated by these balance-sheet ratios are concentrated among large banks that …

of the subsidies accruing to systemic banks in Canada. The first is based on credit rating agencies' assessment of public … address TBTF externalities. That said, Canada being an early adopter of Basel III might help explain the significant reduction …

macroprudential policy changes in Canada using a microsimulation model of mortgage demand of first-time homebuyers. Policies targeting …

Canada's mortgage insurance risk needs a better backstop fund, according to a new report released today by the C ….D. Howe Institute. In “Mortgage Insurance as a Macroprudential Tool: Dealing with the Risk of a Housing Market Crash in Canada … concern over the potential exposure of Canada's mortgage insurance system – and taxpayers …