Research Discussion Papers – 2015

We publish the results of longer-term research conducted by our staff in Research Discussion Papers (RDPs), which stimulate discussion and comment on policy-relevant issues. The views expressed in RDPs are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Bank. Recent RDPs also include detailed replication files and a non-technical summary of the paper.

RDP 2015-15 Household Economic Inequality in Australia

Rosetta Dollman, Greg Kaplan, Gianni La Cava and Tahlee Stone

RDP 2015-14 Okun's Law and Potential Output

David Lancaster and Peter Tulip

RDP 2015-13 Seasonal Adjustment of Chinese Economic Statistics

Ivan Roberts and Graham White

RDP 2015-12 Modelling the Australian Dollar

Jonathan Hambur, Lynne Cockerell, Christopher Potter, Penelope Smith and Michelle Wright

RDP 2015-11 Unprecedented Changes in the Terms of Trade

Mariano Kulish and Daniel Rees

RDP 2015-10 The Life of Australian Banknotes

Alexandra Rush

RDP 2015-09 Inflation Targeting: A Victim of Its Own Success?

Christian Gillitzer and John Simon

RDP 2015-08 Housing Wealth Effects: Cross-sectional Evidence from New Vehicle Registrations

Christian Gillitzer and Jin Cong Wang

RDP 2015-07 A Multi-sector Model of the Australian Economy

Daniel Rees, Penelope Smith and Jamie Hall

RDP 2015-06 Credit Losses at Australian Banks: 1980–2013

David Rodgers

RDP 2015-05 The Social Costs of Currency Counterfeiting

Nathan Viles, Alexandra Rush and Thomas Rohling

RDP 2015-04 The Sticky Information Phillips Curve: Evidence for Australia

Christian Gillitzer

RDP 2015-03 The Value of Payment Instruments: Estimating Willingness to Pay and Consumer Surplus

Tai Lam and Crystal Ossolinski

RDP 2015-02 Central Counterparty Loss Allocation and Transmission of Financial Stress

Alexandra Heath, Gerard Kelly and Mark Manning

RDP 2015-01 Stress Testing the Australian Household Sector Using the HILDA Survey

Tom Bilston, Robert Johnson and Matthew Read