The paper examines the pricing behaviour of 81 Canadian manufacturing industries from 1974 to 1996. It explores the … growth). It finds that: (1) Canadian manufacturing prices are, on average, set using a mixture of a cost mark-up pricing rule … the industry faces higher import competition and if home and foreign products are less differentiated. Compared to prices …

occurred in the manufacturing sector. This paper examines how this slowdown was associated with the restructuring that occurred … in manufacturing as a result of the increase in excess capacity, the dramatic increase in the Canada-U.S. exchange rate …

manufacturing industries between 1979 and 1996. We find that both currency appreciation and tariff cuts increase the probability of …

During the post-1970 period, Canadian manufacturing prices have alternately increased and fallen relative to U ….S. prices' just the reverse of the cycle in the Canada' U.S. exchange rate. But not all manufacturing industries have … experienced the same amplitude of relative price changes. This paper examines the industry characteristics that are related to the …

This paper uses a detailed industry-level data base of industry prices in the manufacturing sector in Canada and the … degree of tariff protection and to the degree of product differentiation at the industry level. …