operating mainly in domestic markets. On the back of a trend increase in production offshoring, investment by large companies …

productivity, while import liberalization has ambiguous effects. Resource misallocation can either amplify, dampen or reverse the … productivity gains. Guided by theory, we provide evidence consistent with these effects operating through reallocations across … firms in the presence of distortions: (i) Both export and import expansion increase average firm productivity, but the …

This paper studies stylized business cycle properties of household production in four industrialized countries (Canada …

''s preference parameters for Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom are statistically different from the one implied by the commonly …

and associated inflation expectations for the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Sweden, Japan, and the United …

seemingly poor productivity performance, this paper examines job and firm dynamics in Canada relative to the United States … rigidities appear to be reducing Canada''s capacity for creative destruction, hence undermining productivity growth …To understand better Canada''s smooth reallocation of labor in response to the recent commodity price boom, but …

Using data from the US, UK, Japan and Canada, this paper provides evidence on the benefits to an economy from …