In this paper, we explore the linkages between export-market participation and productivity performance in Canadian … manufacturing plants. We also examine differences in the effect of exporting on productivity between foreign-controlled and domestic …-controlled plants, and between young and older plants. We find that export participation improves productivity. The effect is much …

This paper examines firm turnover and productivity growth in the Canadian retail trade sector. Firm turnover occurs as … productivity growth comes from firm turnover and the re-allocation of resources from the less to the more productive, all of the … aggregate productivity growth comes from this source in the retail sector. This suggests that the much-discussed Wal-Mart effect …