This paper examines the impact of import and export price changes on economic welfare in Canada, and in each of the provinces. It examines how terms of trade shifts and fluctuations in the ratio of traded to non-traded goods prices affect the purchasing power of domestic production. Terms of...

Evaluations of an economy's economic performance are often made using a measure of real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, which represents the average remuneration (labour income plus capital services) that an economy generates through domestic production. Because real GDP is a constant...

This paper examines Ontario's and Quebec's adjustments to the resource boom. Higher commodity prices, an appreciating dollar, and increased foreign competition between 2002 and 2007 led to a restructuring of the Central Canadian economies. The restructuring manifested itself in all areas of the...

This paper compares output per person across Canadian provinces - using nominal or current dollar GDP per capita as the metric over the period 1990 to 2003. Differences in GDP per capita can be attributed to differences in the underlying efficiency of provincial economies. This is measured by...

This paper sheds light on the contribution of unincorporated enterprises to the Canadian economy in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) from 1997 to 2002. The study separates the aggregate business GDP, including its components, into the unincorporated and incorporated sectors. After...

This study examines differences in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita between Canada and the United States from 1994 to 2005. The gap in GDP per capita between the two countries has narrowed slightly over this period. The study decomposed the gap into two components: one due to labour...

Le present document decrit les disparites sur le plan du revenu d'emploi par habitant entre les provinces et dans le continuum urbain rural, en allant des grandes villes aux petites villes et entre les villes et les regions rurales. Le premier objectif est de comparer le degre de disparite des...

Le propos de cette etude est d'examiner les differences du produit interieur brut (PIB) par habitant entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis de 1994 a 2005. L'etude demontre que l'ecart du PIB par habitant entre les deux pays a legerement retreci au cours de cette periode. Elle decompose egalement cet...

Dans cet article, l'auteur decrit a l'aide de donnees empiriques les effets des variations continuelles des termes de l'echange au Canada. Ensuite, Il y expose la facon de mesurer les termes de l'echange et d'en interpreter les fluctuations. On y retrouve des exemples des deux principaux...

La presente etude illustre l'incidence sur chaque economie regionale des variations des prix relatifs attribuables aux fluctuations des prix des produits de base, des taux de change et des prix internationaux des biens de fabrication. Elle porte principalement sur les provinces canadiennes, qui...