I identify a forward-looking monetary policy function in a structural VAR model by using forecasts of macroeconomic variables, in addition to the realized variables used in a standard VAR. Both impulse responses and variance decompositions of the monetary policy variable of this...

. Then we estimate a recursive VAR model with innovations in a monetary aggregate and the overnight target interest rate as alternative measures of monetary policy shocks. We find that a negative policy shock raises both nominal and ex ante real interest rates, lowers inflationary expectations...

This paper develops a Bayesian structural VAR model for Bangladesh in a small-open-economy context in order to estimate the effects of monetary policy shocks on various macroeconomic variables. To increase the precision of the model identification, we allow the macroeconomic variables of the...

This paper develops a Bayesian structural VAR model for Canada in order to estimate the effects of monetary policy shocks, using the overnight rate target as the policy instrument. I allow the policy variable and other home and foreign variables to interact with each other contemporaneously. The...

This article first estimates inflationary expectations using a Blanchard–Quah VAR model by decomposing the nominal interest rate into expected inflation and the ex ante real interest rate. Then I utilize this expected inflation along with other macroeconomic variables as inputs to the monetary...

This paper examines the differences between state owned enterprises and their private-sector counterparts in terms of the way they are affected by the tax systems. The relationship between state-owned enterprise finance and the impact of a tax system on these firms is also studied. A number of...

This paper evaluates the degree to which the American tax treatment of foreign earned income neutralizes the incentive effects of change in Canadian corporation income tax policies. The value of the tax transfers that would take place between the United States and Canadian treasuries for various...

Revenue collection requires the intensive exchange of financial information on economic transactions, revenues, expenditures, and incomes with a high degree of voluntary compliance. Furthermore, over the past 15 years the world has experienced a revolution in communication and information...

This report reviews the current administration of income and tax policy issues in Zambia and makes recommendations for reform of the income tax law and administration of the laws.