A key objective of economic policy in Canada is to reduce the productivity gap with the United States. The development of appropriate policies to attain this goal requires a thorough understanding of the nature of the gap, including its industry dimensions. Unfortunately, statistical agencies do...

Dans cet article, on examine l'importance des petits producteurs dans les secteurs de la fabrication au Canada et aux Etats-Unis a partir du debut des annees 1970 jusque vers la fin des annees 1990.

In this paper, we estimate the impacts of product market competition and skill shortages on the productivity level performance of Canadian manufacturing firms. We use firms’ perceptions of their competitive environment from the Statistics Canada 1999 Survey of Innovation to measure product...