Government of Canada

About: Government of Canada is a government organization based out in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Monetary policy & Productivity. The organization has 796 authors who have published 886 publications receiving 21366 citations. The organization is also known as: federal government of Canada & Her Majesty's Government.

Reconciling consumption inequality with income inequality

Abstract: The rise in consumption inequality in response to the increase in income inequality over the last three decades in the U.S. is puzzling to expected-utility-based incomplete market models. The two-sided lack of commitment models exhibit too little consumption inequality while the standard incomplete markets models tend to predict too much consumption inequality. We show that a model with two-sided lack of commitment and chance attitudes, as emphasized by prospect theory, can explain the relationship and can avoid the systematic bias of the expected utility models. The chance attitudes, such as optimism and pessimism, imply that the households attribute a higher weight to high and low outcomes compared to their objective probabilities. For realistic values of risk aversion and for chance attitudes found in experimental economics, the incentives for households to share the idiosyncratic risk decrease. The latter effect endogenously amplifies the increase in consumption inequality relative to the expected utility model, thereby improving the fit to the data.

Productivity: What is It? How is it Measured? What has Canada's Performance Been?

Abstract: This paper was prepared for the National Statistics Council, which advises the chief statistician of Canada on the full range of Statistics Canada’s activities, particularly on overall program priorities

Deep Learning for an Anti-Jamming CPM Receiver

Abstract: A novel continuous phase modulation (CPM) receiver model is proposed in this paper that employs deep learning (DL) techniques to improve the signal recovery and synchronization performance under heavy jamming conditions for frequency hopping (FH) based waveforms. A hybrid deep neural network is used to implement the DL in the receiver model. The simulation results show that the proposed receiver with DL boosting is robust under tone jamming which is a worst case scenario for a CPM receiver. The model achieves 3 − 5dB improvement under single-tone jamming, in terms of bit-error-rate (BER), and 2dB improvement under multi-tone jamming, compared with a receiver without DL.

Assessment of Foliar and Ground Deposits of Aminocarb After Aerial Spraying Over Conifer Forests Using Two Types of Application Parameters

Abstract: Experimental observations made in eight aerial spray trials on the inter-relationships between physical properties of two spray mixtures, application parameters, meteorological conditions, drop size spectra, ground deposits and foliar concentrations of aminocarb are described in this paper. In 1981, the spray mixtures were applied using a small aircraft (Cessna 188) equipped with four rotary (Micronair® AU3000) atomizers. In 1982, the mixtures were sprayed using a large aircraft (TBM avenger) fitted with 24 hydraulic (1010 Flatfan Teejet®) nozzles. Spray drops were collected at ground level with sampling cards, and ground deposits were assessed using glass plates. Canopy deposits were determined directly on live foliage. Physical properties measured were: viscosity, surface tension and volatility, In the 1981 study, the drop size spectra of both spray mixtures were narrow and contained small drops with a volume median diameter (D V . 5 ) less than 50 μm. In the 1982 study, the drop size spectra were wide and contained large drops with a D V . 5 greater than 100 μm. The ground deposits were higher in 1982 than those in 1981. Foliar deposits, on the other hand, were similar in both years. Among the three physical properties studied, viscosity and volatility played significant roles on the drop size spectra and ground deposits obtained in 1981; but no similar relationships could be found in 1982.