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What affects MFP in the long-run? : evidence from Canadian industries
Leung, Danny (contributor); Zheng, Isabel Yi (contributor) - 2008
KLEMS database for Canada. We estimate a dynamic heterogeneous panel error-correction model of twelve 2-digit level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641346
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The effect of exchange rate movements on heterogeneous plants : a quantile regression analysis
Tomlin, Ben; Fung, Loretta - 2010
In this paper, we examine how the effect of movements in the real exchange rate on manufacturing plants depends on the plant's placement within the productivity distribution. Appreciations of the local currency expose domestic plants to more competition from abroad as export opportunities shrink...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695482
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Markups in Canada : have they changed and why?
Leung, Danny (contributor) - 2008
Many empirical studies have examined the cyclical nature of the markup ratio. Until recently, few have attempted to ascertain the changes in the markup over a longer time horizon. These changes are of no less interest in view of the posited effects of increasing import competition and lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003711671
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Are there Canada-US differences in SME financing?
Leung, Danny (contributor); Meh, Césaire Assah (contributor) - 2008
Previous surveys of Canadian and U.S. business owners suggest that access to financing in Canada may be more … on Financing of Small and Medium Enterprises in Canada, this paper examines whether this perception can be better … lower availability of formal credit in Canada, or a lower need for formal credit. Furthermore, while evidence validating the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003775742
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Financial constraint and productivity : evidence from Canadian SMEs
Cao, Shutao; Leung, Danny - 2016
The degree to which financial constraint is binding is often not directly observable in commonly used business data sets (e.g., Compustat). In this paper, we measure and estimate the likelihood of a firm being constrained by external financing using a data set of small- and medium-sized Canadian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538963
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Electronic transactions as high-frequency indicators of economic activity
Galbraith, John W. (contributor); Tkacz, Greg (contributor) - 2007
are correlated with Statistics Canada's revisions to GDP; (iv) high-frequency analyses of transactions around extreme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641311
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A wave of protectionism? : an analysis of economic and political considerations
Maier, Philipp (contributor) - 2008
are important. An analysis of the economic effects using the Bank of Canada's Global Economy Model shows that the gains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641330
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The welfare implications of fiscal dominance
De Resende, Carlos (contributor); Rebei, Nooman (contributor) - 2008
dominance in both Mexico and South Korea, but almost no fiscal dominance in Canada and the U.S. The country-specific estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772978
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Aggregate and welfare effects of redistribution of wealth under inflation and price-level targeting
Meh, Césaire Assah (contributor);  … - 2008
properties which is what we explore in this paper. For Canada, we show that the magnitude of redistributions of an unexpected 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003773003
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Market structure and the diffusion of e-commerce : evidence from the retail banking industry
Allen, Jason (contributor); Clark, Robert (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper studies the role that market structure plays in affecting the diffusion of electronic banking. Electronic banking (and electronic commerce more generally) reduces the cost of performing many types of transactions for firms. The full benefits for firms from adoption, however, only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003773006