Download This PaperEquipment Failure: Feeble Business Investment Costs Canadians Their Competitive Edge
11 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2017
Date Written: March 24, 2017
Abstract
Business investment per worker in Canada is at its worst level compared to the United States in more than a quarter century, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Equipment Failure: Feeble Business Investment Costs Canadians their Competitive Edge,” authors William B.P. Robson, Aaron Jacobs and Benjamin Dachis analyze trends in business investment per worker in Canada and abroad, and come away with ominous news about how prepared Canadian workers will be to compete globally.
Keywords: Innovation and Business Growth
JEL Classification: E2
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Robson, William B. P. and Jacobs, Aaron and Dachis, Benjamin, Equipment Failure: Feeble Business Investment Costs Canadians Their Competitive Edge (March 24, 2017). C.D. Howe Institute e-Brief 255, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2940265 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2940265
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