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This paper considers the implications of changing trade barriers on the survival of Canadian manufacturing firms. A segmented market Cournot model was developed to describe the effects of trade liberalization for heterogeneous firms operating in diverse industries. The predictions of this model...
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Ce document permet d'examiner les consequences de l'evolution des obstacles aux echanges sur la survie des entreprises manufacturieres au Canada. Nous avons elabore un modele de Cournot a marches segmentes pour decrire les effets de la liberalisation des echanges sur des entreprises heterogenes...
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Les echanges commerciaux produisent generalement des effets favorables sur la performance des industries manufacturieres nationales pour ce qui est de l'allocation optimale et de la production optimale. Ce document examine la theorie et les observations recentes sur ces relations et nous...
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records for Canada over 1973-1992 indicate, with time and industry effect, controlled, market-share turnover, entry, exit, and …
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manufacturing. It finds that Canadian tariff cuts increased exit rates among moderately productive non-exporting plants. This led to …
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Le present document de recherche etudie les changements observes au niveau de la diversification des entreprises et des usines depuis le debut des annees 70 dans le secteur canadien de la fabrication. Il revele qu'il y a eu, en general, une augmentation de la specialisation tant des entreprises...
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Nous examinons si la liberalisation des echanges influe sur la rentabilite et le levier financier a l'aide de donnees canadiennes de la periode ayant suivi l'entree en vigueur de l'Accord de libre-echange entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis. Nous constatons que, en cas de reduction des tarifs...
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We investigate whether trade liberalization affects profitability and financial leverage, using Canadian data from the period following implementation of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. We find that falling domestic tariffs are associated with declining profits and increasing leverage for...
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This paper studies changes in diversification of firms and plants since the early 1970s in the Canadian manufacturing sector. It finds that there has been a general increase in specialization of both firms and plants. Firms have been continuously reducing the span of industries in which they...
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This paper asks how market expansion contributes to productivity growth. It investigates whether entry to both new … international markets and new domestic markets is associated with greater productivity growth. It also examines whether exit from …
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