-about production to evaluate the channels through which a collapse in imports affects TFP (total factor productivity) in manufacturing …. Measured aggregate productivity in the sector depends on within-firm adjustments to the varieties imported as well as the joint …

Recent Melitz-type (2003) intra-industry heterogonous trade models argue that a firmfs productivity has significant … effects on the firmfs exports. This paper examines how a firmfs credit constraints as well as its productivity affect its …

Statistics Canada that investigate the impact of advanced technology use on business performance. These studies combine … emphasis, as the use of these technologies has been shown to be closely associated with changes in relative productivity …

account for the productivity slowdown observed in Canada since the early 2000s. To answer this question, we consider several …We ask whether a weaker contribution of information and communication technologies (ICT) to productivity growth could … methods capturing channels through which ICT could affect aggregate productivity growth. This includes an approach "à la Cette …

This study investigates the impact of the current financial crisis on Canada's potential GDP growth. Using a simple … accounting framework to decompose trend GDP growth into changes in capital, labour services, and total factor productivity, we … term, we expect Canada's potential GDP growth to gradually rise to around 2 per cent, below the pre-crisis growth rate …

This paper investigates the productivity effects of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Canadian … were observed when Canadian tariffs were reduced. The paper also finds that all of the within-plant productivity gains … the reallocation of market share toward highly productive plants, which helps explain why aggregate productivity gains …

related to two measures of performance - productivity growth and market-share growth. The paper describes whether plants are … of panel data on advanced technology use from Statistics Canada’s 1993 and 1998 advanced manufacturing surveys that are … with relative productivity growth. In turn, growth in relative labour productivity is translated into growth in market …

This paper asks how market expansion contributes to productivity growth. It investigates whether entry to both new … international markets and new domestic markets is associated with greater productivity growth. It also examines whether exit from …

This paper examines the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity growth in Canadian … through inter-industry linkages and studies the role of absorptive capacity in enhancing the productivity benefits of FDI. Our … productivity growth; (iii) research and development (R&D) stocks and the wage share of high-skilled workers are positively …