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Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 1-2

This the inaugural issue of the International Productivity Monitor, a new publication produced by the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS). The objective of the Monitor is to focus atttention on the importance of productivity for improving living standards and quality of...

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What Explains the Canada-US ICT Investment Gap?

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 11 (2005) Fall, pp. 21-38

It is widely recognized that machinery and equipment investment intensity is less in Canada than in the United States …. What is less well know is that it is information and communications technology (ICT) investment that largely accounts for … this gap. The author documents trends in ICT investment in both Canada and the United States and attempts to explain why …

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Ten Productivity Puzzles Facing Researchers

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 9 (2004) Fall, pp. 15-24

Puzzles intrigue and motivate researchers and focus research effort, and the productivity area is fortunate in having many unresolved issues. In the second article, Andrew Sharpe of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards puts forward and briefly discusses what he sees as the ten most...

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Recent Productivity Developments in Canada and the United States: Productivity Growth Deceleration versus Acceleration

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 8 (2004) Spring, pp. 16-26

Since 2000, productivity growth in Canada and the United States have followed markedly different paths. In the second article, Andrew Sharpe of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards finds that the remarkable productivity growth experienced in the United States in the past two years is...

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The Widening Canada-US Productivity Gap in Manufaturing

Bernstein, Jeffrey I.; Harris, Richard G.; Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 3-22

to that of investment goods in the United States than in Canada. This was due to slower labour compensation growth and …, to a lesser extent, a smaller decline in the price of investment goods in Canada. The depreciation of the value of the …

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The Productivity Renaissance in the U.S. Service Sector

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 1 (2000) Fall, pp. 6-8

This article, which is closely related to the previous article, is also by Andrew Sharpe of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards. It points out that there now appears to be a renaissance in productivity growth in the U.S. service sector, with output per worker growing five times faster...

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