their U.S. counterparts. The effect of past equity issues on Canadian firms' capital structure is transitory. Canadian firms …

This paper estimates the implied cost of equity for Canadian and U.S. firms using a methodology based on the dividend … stock liquidity are negatively related to cost of equity, while greater firm financial leverage and greater dispersion in … analysts' earnings forecasts are associated with a higher cost of equity. Moreover, longer-term sovereign bond yields also seem …

Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given … Economic Performance and Social Progress is to attempt to fill, at least in part, the lacuna in the literature in Canada on … trends in Canada and OECD countries. The two papers in the second section examine the impact productivity has on government …

similarities between the United States and Canada in terms of population demographics and medical treatment protocols, these …