foreign (U.S.) influences (the law of one price), as opposed to domestic factors (i.e., labour, energy costs and productivity … and the law-of-one-price rule: both domestic factors (such as input prices and productivity) and foreign factors (such as …. (3) Industry differences exist. Domestic prices respond more to productivity changes in industries where competition is …

costs, and productivity growth). It finds that both forces exert important influences on Canadian prices. The responses …

countries. On the other hand, analysts ask whether there is a productivity gap — whether Canada is equally efficient in … investigate the size of the output and productivity gaps between the two countries over the period from 1994 to 2002 and ask how …

make to productivity growth. Fifth, it discusses new research that focuses on the relationship between foreign ownership …

superior performance of foreign-controlled plants and their productivity spillovers to domestic plants. The paper finds that … productivity growth in the last two decades. Finally, we find robust evidence for productivity spillovers from foreign …

This paper investigates the extent to which productivity growth is the result of firm turnover as output is shifted … continuing firms. This paper proposes a method for measuring the impact of firm turnover on productivity growth and shows that … associated with competition is the main source of aggregate labour productivity growth in Canadian manufacturing industries …

. Second, export-market participation was associated with increases in a plant's productivity growth. Third, our analysis … identified the presence of three main mechanisms through which export-market participation raises productivity growth among …

emphasis, as the use of these technologies has been shown to be closely associated with changes in relative productivity …

Labour productivity growth in the Canadian business sector slowed substantially after 2000. Most of the slowdown … and a slowdown in export growth. The paper finds that at least half of the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is … because of the pro-cyclical nature of productivity growth arising from capacity utilization. Almost all of the aggregate …

Measures of productivity are derived by comparing outputs and inputs. The System of National Accounts (SNA) in Canada … productivity …