and foreign prices. We argue that the border effect can be inflated by the volatility and persistence of the nominal ….S. and Canada and the U.S. and Japan is negligible …

(increase) world interest rates but also to increase (reduce) private leverage. This in turn increased (decreased) volatility in …

stores in the U.S. and Canada. We develop a model of pricing by location and employ a regression discontinuity approach to … discontinuity between adjacent stores on either side of the U.S.-Canada border is as high as 21%. In contrast, within-country border … the U.S.-Canada nominal exchange rate. We show these facts suggest that the price gaps we estimate provide only a lower …

and exchange rate mechanisms. McCallum [1995] found that the US-Canada border led to trade between provinces that is a … puzzle' by applying the theory seriously. We find that national borders reduce trade between the US and Canada by about 44 … of a combination of omitted variables bias and the small size of the Canadian economy. Within-Canada trade rises by a …

of a downward trend since, due to the post-FTA growth in trade between Canada and the United States. Using approximate …

The paper first assesses regional and ethnic group differences in social trust and memberships in both Canada and the … seven adjectives, a feature more prevalent in the United States than in Canada, (black, white, Hispanic and Asian in the … United States; French, English and Ethnic in Canada) have lower levels of trust than those who consider themselves Canadians …