Canada’s Potential Productivity and Output Growth: A Post-Crisis Assessment

This study investigates the impact of the current financial crisis on Canada’s potential GDP growth. Using a simple accounting framework to decompose trend GDP growth into changes in capital, labour services, and total factor productivity, we find a sizeable drop in Canadian potential growth rate in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marcello Estevão, Evridiki Tsounta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for the Study of Living Standards 2010-09-01
Series:International Productivity Monitor
Subjects:
gdp
Online Access:http://www.csls.ca/ipm/20/IPM-20-Estevao-Tsounta.pdf