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...

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...

This paper examines the maturation process of firms that enter an industry by constructing new plant and investigates the extent to which improvements in the performance of an entry cohort are the result of a selection process that culls out the most inefficient entrants or of a learning process...

This paper outlines the size of the turnover in plants that have entered and exited the Canadian manufacturing sector during the three periods: 1973-1979, 1979-1988 and 1988-1997. It also examines the contribution of plant turnover to labour productivity growth in the manufacturing sector over...

The statistical observation that small firms have created the majority of new jobs during the 1980s has had a tremendous influence on public policy. Governmentshave looked to the small firm sector for employment growth, and have promoted policies to augment this expansion. However, recent...

Dans ce document, nous cherchions a savoir si ce sont les synergies ou la discipline de gestion qui opere differemment sur les grandes et les petites usines pour influer sur la probabilite qu'ait lieu des fusions. Les resultats indiquent que les caracteristiques qui fournissent le genre de...

This paper asks whether synergies or managerial discipline operates in different ways across small versus large plants to affect the likelihood of mergers. Our findings indicate that those characteristics which provide the type of synergies upon which ownership changes rely are important factors...

Le present document examine les caracteristiques des usines du secteur de la fabrication qui connaissent des changements de propriete, afin de mieux comprendre les causes sous-jacentes des fusions et des acquisitions. Des etudes canadiennes anterieures (Baldwin, 1995; Baldwin et Caves, 1991)...

This paper examines the characteristics of plants in the manufacturing sector undergoing changes in ownership to further our understanding of the underlying causes of mergers and acquisitions. Previous Canadian studies (Baldwin 1995; Baldwin and Caves 1991) compare the performance of merged plants...