How does the border affect productivity? evidence from American and Canadian manufacturing industries

Robert Vigfusson

No 788, International Finance Discussion Papers from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Abstract: This paper studies how much of productivity fluctuations are industry specific versus how much are country specific. Using data on manufacturing industries in Canada and the United States, the paper shows that the correlation between cross-border pairings of the same industry are more often highly correlated than previously thought. In addition, the paper confirms earlier findings that the similarity of input use can help describe the co-movement of productivity fluctuations across industries.

Keywords: Productivity - United States; Productivity - Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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