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

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Vigfusson, Robert
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.1.49
• 发表日期: 2008-02
• 页码: 49-64
• 关键词: technology; shocks; matter; TRADE

摘要

This study reports on how much productivity fluctuations are industry specific versus country specific. For the manufacturing industries in Canada and the United States, the correlation between cross-border pairings of the same industry are found to be more often highly correlated than previously thought. Furthermore, the study confirms earlier findings that the similarity of input use can help describe the comovement of productivity fluctuations across industries.