Sessions Organized by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association,
University of British Columbia, June 2-4, 2000
Program
Session 1: Productivity Trends in the New Economy(co-sponsored by the Canadian Association for Business Economics)
Friday, June 2, 2000. 13:30-15:00
Chair: Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
Panelists:
Richard Lipsey (Simon Fraser University)
Serge Nadeau (Industry Canada)
Dale Orr (WEFA Canada)
Tim Sargent (Finance Canada)
Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Session 2: Measures of Economic Well-being
Friday, June 2, 2000. 15:30-17:00
Chair: Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
Papers:
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) and Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) "An Index of Economic Well-being for OECD Countries"
Mark Anielski (University of Alberta) “Fertile Obfuscations: Making Money Whilst Eroding Living Capital”  (368Kb)
Discussants:
John Helliwell (University of British Columbia)
Jeremy Rudin (Finance Canada)
Session 3: Manufacturing Productivity Trends in Canada and the United States(co-sponsored with Industry Canada)
Saturday, June 3, 2000. 13:30-15:00
Chair: Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Papers:
Wulong Gu (Industry Canada) and Mun Ho (Harvard University) "A Comparison of Productivity Growth in Manufacturing between Canada and the United States, 1961-95"
Frank Lee and Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) "An Assessment of Competitiveness and Productivity Levels- Canadian and U.S. Manufacturing Industries"
Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa) "Three Suggestions to Improve Multifactor Productivity Measurement in Canadian Manufacturing"
Discussants:
Mike Denny (University of Toronto)
David Burgess(University of Western Ontario)
Session 4: Perspectives on the Canada-U.S. Manufacturing Productivity Gap(co-sponsored with Industry Canada)
Saturday, June 3, 2000. 15:30-17:00
Chair: Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia)
Papers:
Rick Harris and Samer Kherfi (Simon Fraser University) "Trade and Productivity Growth in Manufacturing: A Canada-U.S. Comparison"
Ian Keay (McGill University) "Canadian Manufacturers' Relative Productivity Performance, 1907-90"
Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada), Frank Lee (Industry Canada), and Ron Hirshorn (economic consultant) "Canada-U.S. Productivity in the Chemical Industry"
Discussants:
Erwin Diewert (UBC)
John Baldwin (Statistics Canada)
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