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A large share of cross-country differences in productivity is explained by differences in agricultural productivity … productivity differences …
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This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to …
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The waning of the commodity boom places renewed emphasis on manufacturing as an engine for Canadian growth. However, Canadian manufacturing exports have been relatively stagnant since 2000. While the exchange rate depreciation over the past two years has energized export growth, the response has...
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productivity in Canada. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its predecessor, the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement …This paper examines the effect of the major Canada-U.S. trade agreements on the dynamics of business cycles and … business cycles in Canada and the United States since the early 1980s, country-specific and idiosyncratic factors remain …
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This paper assesses productivity trends in Canada vis-a-vis the United States from two perspectives. The first one is … underlying cause of the pickup in productivity in Canada and the narrowing of the productivity gap with the United States … based on estimates of total factor productivity. The second one decomposes productivity growth into two sources: investment …
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The paper investigates how changes in industries'' funding costs affect total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Based … distort the allocation of factors across firms even within an industry, reducing its TFP. The decline in productivity growth …
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The paper investigates how changes in industries'' funding costs affect total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Based …
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Recent micro level data from East Africa is used to benchmark aggregate data and assess the role of agricultural inputs in explaining variation in crop yields on smallholding plots. Fertilizer, improved seeds, protection against erosion and pesticides improve crop yields in Rwanda and Ethiopia,...
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