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Short-Run and Long-Run News: Evidence from Giant Commodity Discoveries

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  • Jean-Paul L'Huillier
  • Kirill Shakhnov
  • Laure Simon

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The bulk of the news shocks literature focuses on shocks materializing after four or five quarters, with limited evidence on news about longer-run events. We build a new dataset of discovery and production start dates for a wide range of giant commodity discoveries worldwide from 1960 to 2012. Standard open economy models match the empirical responses of short-run news but fail in the case of long-run news. Incorporating financial frictions in the form of collateral constraints is crucial for capturing the dynamics implied by long-run news. We also provide direct evidence on the role of these frictions.

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  • Jean-Paul L'Huillier & Kirill Shakhnov & Laure Simon, 2025. "Short-Run and Long-Run News: Evidence from Giant Commodity Discoveries," Staff Working Papers 25-24, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocawp:25-24
    DOI: 10.34989/swp-2025-24
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    • E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • Q33 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Resource Booms (Dutch Disease)

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