Research Discussion Papers – 2020

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 2020-08 Start Spreading the News: News Sentiment and Economic Activity in Australia

Kim Nguyen and Gianni La Cava

RDP 2020-07 How Many Jobs Did JobKeeper Keep?

James Bishop and Iris Day

RDP 2020-06 Consumer Payment Behaviour in Australia: Evidence from the 2019 Consumer Payments Survey

James Caddy, Luc Delaney and Chay Fisher

RDP 2020-05 How Risky is Australian Household Debt?

Jonathan Kearns, Mike Major and David Norman

RDP 2020-04 The Apartment Shortage

Keaton Jenner and Peter Tulip

RDP 2020-03 The Determinants of Mortgage Defaults in Australia – Evidence for the Double-trigger Hypothesis

Michelle Bergmann

RDP 2020-02 The Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Local Housing Markets

Calvin He and Gianni La Cava

RDP 2020-01 Credit Spreads, Monetary Policy and the Price Puzzle

Benjamin Beckers