O19 - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations

• The Impact of Emerging Asia on Commodity Prices

  Staff Working Paper 2007-55 Calista Cheung, Sylvie Morin

  Over the past 5 years, real energy and non-energy commodity prices have trended sharply higher. These relative price movements have had important implications for inflation and economic activity in both Canada and the rest of the world. China has accounted for the bulk of incremental demand for oil and many base metals over this period.

  Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Working Papers Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, International topics JEL Code(s): E, E3, F, F4, O, O1, O19, Q, Q1, Q11

• The Institutional and Political Determinants of Fiscal Adjustment

  Staff Working Paper 2006-1 Robert Lavigne

  The author empirically assesses the effects of institutional and political factors on the need and willingness of governments to make large fiscal adjustments.

  Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Working Papers Topic(s): Development economics, Econometric and statistical methods, Fiscal Policy, International topics JEL Code(s): E, E6, E62, O, O1, O17, O19