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Working Papers

2024

1. The Distributional Origins of the Canada-US GDP and Labour Productivity Gaps
   Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada

2023

2. The 2021–22 Surge in Inflation
   Discussion Papers, Bank of Canada

2021

3. Consumer Credit with Over-Optimistic Borrowers
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (4)
   Also in Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada (2020) View citations (4)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (4)
   CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany (2020) View citations (5)

2020

4. Has the Inflation Process Changed? Selective Review of Recent Research on Inflation Dynamics
   Discussion Papers, Bank of Canada View citations (1)
5. The Heterogeneous Effects of COVID-19 on Canadian Household Consumption, Debt and Savings
   Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The heterogeneous effects of COVID‐19 on Canadian household consumption, debt and savings, Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons (2022) View citations (3) (2022)

2019

6. Demographics and Sectoral Reallocations: A Search Theory with Immobile Workers
   2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
   Also in University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics (2018) View citations (1)

2018

7. Regulating Consumer Credit with Over-Optimistic Borrowers
   2018 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2017

8. Price-Level Dispersion versus Inflation-Rate Dispersion: Evidence from Three Countries
   Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada View citations (2)

2016

9. Trade, Relative Prices, and the Canadian Great Depression
   Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

2015

10. Retail Price Differences Across U.S. and Canadian Cities During the Interwar Period
    University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute View citations (3)
    Also in 2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2012) View citations (7)

2014

11. Private Pensions, Retirement Wealth and Lifetime Earnings
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)
    Also in University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute (2010) View citations (3)
12. The democratization of credit and the rise in consumer bankruptcies
    Working Papers, University of Mannheim, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article The Democratization of Credit and the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2016) View citations (50) (2016)

2012

13. Re-Examining the Role of Sticky Wages in the U.S. Great Contraction: A Multi-sector Approach
    University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2009)

2011

14. Aggregate Fluctuations, Consumer Credit and Bankruptcy
    2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
15. Costly Contracts and Consumer Credit
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (14)
    Also in University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute (2011) View citations (15)
    2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2008) View citations (5)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (16)
16. Determinants of Relative Price Variability during a Recession: Evidence from Canada at the Time of the Great Depression
    Working Papers, University of Otago, Department of Economics View citations (3)
17. The Impact of Climate Change and Climate Policy on the Canadian Economy
    University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute

2010

18. A Multi-sectoral Approach to the U.S. Great Depression
    2010 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
19. Not Here? Housing Market Policy and the Risk of a Housing Bust
    e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (13)

2008

20. Barriers to Technology Adoption and Entry
    University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute

2007

21. Accounting for the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2006) View citations (14)
    University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute (2006) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Accounting for the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (74) (2010)

2006

22. Land Titles, Credit Markets and Wealth Distributions
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)

2005

23. Consumer Bankruptcy: A Fresh Start
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (8)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2003) View citations (70)
    See also Journal Article Consumer Bankruptcy: A Fresh Start, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2007) View citations (257) (2007)
24. Trade and the Canadian Great Depression
    2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
25. What Banks Do And Markets Don't: Cross-subsidization
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

2004

26. Accounting for the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies in the U.S. and Canada
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
27. For Sale: Barriers to Riches
    University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Economic Policy Research Institute View citations (12)

2002

28. Data Appendix to The Great Depression in Canada and the United States: A Neoclassical Perspective
    Online Appendices, Review of Economic Dynamics View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article The Great Depression in Canada and the United States: A Neoclassical Perspective, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2002) View citations (41) (2002)

2001

29. Limited enforcement and efficient interbank arrangements
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2022

1. The heterogeneous effects of COVID‐19 on Canadian household consumption, debt and savings
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2022, 55, (S1), 54-87 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Heterogeneous Effects of COVID-19 on Canadian Household Consumption, Debt and Savings, Staff Working Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2017

2. Monetary shocks and sticky wages in the U.S. great contraction: A multi-sector approach
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2017, 92, (C), 112-129 View citations (8)
3. Mortgage Insurance Deductibles: An Idea Whose Time Hasn’t Come
   C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2017, (485) View citations (2)

2016

4. The Democratization of Credit and the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2016, 83, (4), 1673-1710 View citations (50)
   See also Working Paper The democratization of credit and the rise in consumer bankruptcies, Working Papers (2014) (2014)

2015

5. Distance, Language, Religion, and the Law of One Price: Evidence from Canada and Nigeria
   Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2015, 47, (5), 1007-1029 View citations (4)
6. Mortgage Insurance as a Macroprudential Tool: Dealing with the Risk of a Housing Market Crash in Canada
   C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2015, (430) View citations (4)

2012

7. The Rise in Consumer Credit and Bankruptcy: Cause for Concern?
   C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2012, (346) View citations (8)

2010

8. Accounting for the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies
   American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2010, 2, (2), 165-93 View citations (74)
   See also Working Paper Accounting for the Rise in Consumer Bankruptcies, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (33) (2007)

2009

9. What broad banks do, and markets don't: Cross-subsidization
   European Economic Review, 2009, 53, (2), 222-236 View citations (2)
10. Why didn’t Canada’s housing market go bust?
    Economic Commentary, 2009, (Sep) View citations (2)

2007

11. Branching Out: The Urgent Need to Transform Canada’s Financial Landscape and How to Do It
    C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2007, (251) View citations (2)
12. Consumer Bankruptcy: A Fresh Start
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (1), 402-418 View citations (257)
    See also Working Paper Consumer Bankruptcy: A Fresh Start, Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (8) (2005)
13. Vested interests and technology adoption
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 54, (3), 649-666 View citations (25)

2002

14. The Great Depression in Canada and the United States: A Neoclassical Perspective
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2002, 5, (1), 45-72 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper Data Appendix to The Great Depression in Canada and the United States: A Neoclassical Perspective, Online Appendices (2002) View citations (15) (2002)

2000

15. The behaviour of productivity growth rates and composition bias in the labour input
    Applied Economics Letters, 2000, 7, (9), 595-598 View citations (1)