How Does the Border Affect Productivity? Evidence from American and Canadian Manufacturing Industries

33 Pages Posted: 20 Jan 2004

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Robert J. Vigfusson

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Date Written: December 2003

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, co-movement, border effects

JEL Classification: D24, F4

Suggested Citation

Vigfusson, Robert John, How Does the Border Affect Productivity? Evidence from American and Canadian Manufacturing Industries (December 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=487523 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.487523

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