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Indicators of Innovation in Canadian Natural Resource Industries
Sharpe, Andrew; Guibaud, Olivier - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2005
This report develops a set of indicators of innovation in a number of the natural resource industries in Canada. It then uses these indicators to assess trends in innovation over time in these industries. The innovative performance of Canadian natural resource industries is also compared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481841
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The Valuation of the Alberta Oil Sands
Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François; Murray, Alexander - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2008
growth of the industry significantly magnifies this underestimation. We provide new estimates of the present value of oil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004985515
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A Detailed Analysis of the Productivity Performance of Oil and Gas Extraction in Canada
Sharpe, Andrew; Bradley, Celeste - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009
forward to explain these trends, the most robust seems to be that higher output prices have suppressed productivity growth … high productivity level, have resulted in positive contributions to Canada‟s aggregate labour productivity growth from 2000 …
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A Detailed Analysis of the Productivity Performance of the Canadian Forest Products Sector Since 2000
Sharpe, Andrew; Harrison, Peter - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009
The forest products sector in Canada has faced hard times since 2000. In terms of productivity growth, the sector as a … above average productivity growth over the 2000-2007 period, but much of this improvement has come from cuts in inputs … (labour and capital) that have exceeded cuts in real output. This is an unsustainable source of productivity growth in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489038
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A Detailed Analysis of the Productivity Performance of Mining in Canada
Sharpe, Andrew; Bradley, Celeste - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009
seems to be that higher output prices have suppressed productivity growth through two effects: increased exploitation of low … Canada‟s aggregate labour productivity growth from 2000 to 2006 and an offsetting effect on the post-2000 aggregate labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489039
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Unbundling Canada's Weak Productivity Performance
Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2010
Institute; and develop a framework for unbundling slow productivity growth in Canada and the widening productivity gap with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489041
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The Paradox of Market-Oriented Public Policy and Poor Productivity Growth in Canada
Sharpe, Andrew - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2010
. Economists believe that such policies should foster productivity growth. Since 2000, however, productivity growth in Canada has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478852
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Deficit Elimination, Economic Performance and Social Progress in Canada in the 1990s
Drummond, Don - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Don Drummond makes the case that with large deficits there was little room for the Bank of Canada to reduce interest rates to stimulate the economy and generate revenues. It was imperative that the deficit be eliminated. Tax rates were already high so the government had no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005157589
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Interest Rates, Unemployment and Inflation in the 1990s: The Canadian Experience
Fortin, Pierre - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
that he developed throughout the decade. While not denying that the US economic slowdown in the early 1990s reduced growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005157590
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The Economy Through Public Lens: Shifting Canadian Views of the Economy
Graves, Frank - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Frank Graves examines the relationship between what he describes as the "official economy," as portrayed by conventional measures of economic performance, and public perceptions of the state of the economy. He also considers the public's understanding of the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005157591