This paper investigates the financial characteristics of new small firms. The analysis develops a representative, small-firm financial profile, and evaluates the extent to which the proportionate use of different instruments and sources is correlated with industry-level and firm-specific...

In this paper, we explore the linkages between export-market participation and productivity performance in Canadian manufacturing plants. We also examine differences in the relationship between exporting and productivity for foreign-controlled as opposed to domestic-controlled plants, and...

Official data from statistical agencies are not always ideal for cross-country comparisons because of differences in data sources and methodology. Analysts who engage in cross-country comparisons need to carefully choose among alternatives and sometimes adapt data especially for their purposes....

This paper provides an overview of the productivity program at Statistics Canada and a brief description of Canada's productivity performance. The paper defines productivity and the various measures that are used to investigate different aspects of productivity growth. It describes the...

This paper examines the effects of alternative specifications of the user costs of capital on the estimated price and volume indices of capital services. It asks how sensitive the results are to the use of exogenous versus endogenous rates of return, to alternate ways of including capital gains,...

Le secteur des Comptes canadiens de productivite (CCP) de Statistique Canada consacre deux programmes a la productivite multifactorielle (PMF). Le Programme de la productivite multifactorielle par principal secteur etablit des indices pour l'ensemble du secteur des entreprises et les groupes...

La presente etude se penche sur le roulement des entreprises et sur la croissance de la productivite dans le secteur canadien du commerce de detail. Le roulement des entreprises a lieu lorsque, en raison du processus concurrentiel, des entreprises sortantes et des entreprises existantes en...

Au cours des trois dernieres decennies, les obstacles tarifaires ont diminue de facon significative, ce qui a mene a une integration plus grande des etablissements de fabrication canadiens aux marches mondiaux, et plus particulierement le marche des Etats-Unis. On a accorde beaucoup d'attention...