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The paper examines the possible explanations for deviations from purchasing power parity (PPP) between Canada and the United States in the 1980s and 1990s and investigates both the productivity effect and the underlying PPP assumption for tradable goods.
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Dans le cadre de cet article, on examine si les Canadiens paient plus cher que les Americains pour les biens et services qu'ils achetent, en utilisant les donnees relatives aux prix de 160 produits pour chacune des cinq annees etudiees (1985, 1990, 1993, 1996 et 1999).
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La croissance de la productivite du travail dans le secteur des entreprises au Canada a connu un ralentissement substantiel apres 2000. La majeure partie du ralentissement a eu lieu dans le secteur de la fabrication. Le present document vise a examiner comment ce ralentissement a ete lie a la...
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Labour productivity growth in the Canadian business sector slowed substantially after 2000. Most of the slowdown occurred in the manufacturing sector. This paper examines how this slowdown was associated with the restructuring that occurred in manufacturing as a result of the increase in excess...
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Nous examinons les effets simultanes des reductions tarifaires et des fluctuations des taux de change reels sur la disparition des usines dans les industries manufacturieres canadiennes entre 1979 et 1996. Nous constatons que l'appreciation de la devise ainsi que les reductions tarifaires...
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We examine the simultaneous effects of real-exchange-rate movements and of tariff reductions on plant death in Canadian manufacturing industries between 1979 and 1996. We find that both currency appreciation and tariff cuts increase the probability of plant death, but that tariff reductions have...
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Dans cet article, on examine les causes eventuelles des ecarts par rapport a la parite de pouvoir d'achat (PPA) entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis observes au cours des annees 1980 et 1990. En outre, on etudie l'effet de la productivite ainsi que l'hypothese sous-jacente de la PPA concernant les...
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This paper uses a detailed industry-level data base of industry prices in the manufacturing sector in Canada and the United States to investigate whether prices are co-integrated in the two countries and whether the relationship between the two sets of prices follows the law of one price. We...
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The paper examines whether Canadians were paying more than the Americans for the goods and services they purchase, based on more than 160 product price data for each of the five years under study (1985, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999).
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La presente etude porte sur la maniere dont l'expansion des entreprises sur les marches contribue a la croissance de la productivite. On y examine la question de savoir s'il existe un lien entre l'entree sur de nouveaux marches, tant internationaux qu'interieurs, et une croissance plus marquee...
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