Dans ce document, on analyse les gains considerables de la productivite des industries manufacturieres canadiennes par suite de la reduction des tarifs decoulant de l'Accord de libre-echange entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis.

Au cours des trois dernieres decennies, les obstacles tarifaires ont diminue de facon significative, ce qui a mene a une integration plus grande des etablissements de fabrication canadiens aux marches mondiaux, et plus particulierement le marche des Etats-Unis. On a accorde beaucoup d'attention...

La presente etude porte sur les avantages qu'un pays qui conclut un accord commercial regional, particulierement un petit pays, peut s'attendre a tirer de l'exploitation d'economies d'echelle. Notre etude porte sur l'experience du Canada lors de son adhesion a l'Accord de libre echange entre le...

This paper examines the effect of trade liberalization on plant scale, production-run length and product diversification. We first develop a model of trade in differentiated products with multi-product plants. We then present empirical evidence using a large panel of Canadian manufacturing...

Le present document a trois objectifs principaux. Premierement, il presente les tendances a long terme de l'impartition et de la delocalisation dans les diverses industries au Canada. Deuxiemement, il examine la relation entre la delocalisation et les changements aux structures des echanges au...

This paper examines substantial productivity gains in Canadian manufacturing resulting from tariff reductions from the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.

This paper studies the impact that a small country joining a regional trade agreement, but particularly a small country, might be expected to gain from the exploitation of scale economies. It makes use of the experience of Canada when it entered into the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement...

This paper has three main objectives. First, it presents the long-term trends in outsourcing and offshoring across Canadian industries. Second, it examines the relationship between offshoring and changes in trade patterns at the industry level. It focuses on two major drivers that some have...

This paper presents the long-term trends in outsourcing and offshoring across Canadian industries.

Le present document presente les tendances a long terme de l'impartition et de la delocalisation dans les diverses industries au Canada.