Frontier Firms, Productivity Dispersion and Aggregate Productivity Growth in Canada

Labour productivity growth in the business sector in Canada fell of after 2000. This article examines how innovation, innovation diffusion across firms, and business dynamism affected the productivity slowdown. The article found that both innovation and diffusion of innovation declined in Canada aft...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wulong Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for the Study of Living Standards 2019-09-01
Series:International Productivity Monitor
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Online Access:http://www.csls.ca/ipm/37/Gu.pdf