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Defying Gravity : The 1932 Imperial Economic Conference and the Reorientation of Canadian Trade

Jacks, David S. - 2011

In the wake of the Great Depression, the Canadian government embarked on a stunning reversal in its commercial policy. A key element of its response was the promotion of intra-imperial trade at the Imperial Economic Conference of 1932. This paper addresses whether or not Canadian trade was able...

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The Impact of the Global Crisis on Canada : What Do Macro-Financial Linkages Tell Us?

Barrera, Natalia - 2010

This paper builds a Bayesian VAR estimation model of growth for Canada, by focusing specifically on the role of … conditions explain one-third of the total variability in Canada's real GDP growth, although changes in U.S. real GDP growth still … responses shows that U.S. real GDP growth and lending standards will increasingly bear on Canada's growth, implying that a …

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Automation and reallocation : the lasting legacy of COVID-19 in Canada

Blit, Joel - 2020

Recent evidence suggests that recessions play a crucial role in promoting automation and the reallocation of productive resources. Consistent with this, I show that in the three previous Canadian recessions, routine jobs were disproportionately lost. COVID-19 is likely to have a similar impact,...

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