This paper compares the productivity growth of a set of Canadian and U.S. regulated industries. Using data from Statistics Canada's KLEMS database and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the paper examines productivity growth in transportation services (which includes air and rail),...

This paper examines two potential benefits of foreign-controlled plants in the Canadian manufacturing sector: the superior performance of foreign-controlled plants and their productivity spillovers to domestic plants. The paper finds that foreign-controlled plants are more productive, more...

This paper examines the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity growth in Canadian manufacturing industries. In contrast with most previous studies, this paper focuses on the spillover effects of FDI taking place through inter-industry linkages and studies the...