--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-19/productivity-growth-in-canadian-and-u-s-regulated-industries/" title: "Productivity Growth in Canadian and U.S. Regulated Industries" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T07:31:42+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T07:31:42+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Spring 2010" ipm_keyword: - "Canada" - "deregulation" - "financial services" - "KLEMS" - "productivity" - "regulated industries" - "Statistics Canada" - "telecommunications" - "transportation" - "United States" ipm_research_theme: - "Sectoral and firm-level dynamics" ipm_country_focus: - "Canada" - "United States" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # Productivity Growth in Canadian and U.S. Regulated Industries Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-19/productivity-growth-in-canadian-and-u-s-regulated-industries/ # Productivity Growth in Canadian and U.S. Regulated Industries [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-19-4-Gu-Lafrance.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Gu, Wulong, and Amélie Lafrance. 2010. “Productivity Growth in Canadian and U.S. Regulated Industries.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 19 (Spring 2010): 50–65. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-19/productivity-growth-in-canadian-and-u-s-regulated-industries/ ## Authors: - Wulong Gu Micro-Economic Analysis Division, Statistics Canada - Amélie Lafrance Statistics Canada ## IPM Issue 19 Spring 2010 pp. 50–65 ## Related IPM articles [The Relationship between Efficiencies Defenses for Mergers and TFP Growth Robin Shaban Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 82–102](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-relationship-between-efficiencies-defenses-for-mergers-and-tfp-growth/) [Adult Skills and Productivity: New Evidence from PIAAC 2023 Dan Andrews, Balázs Égert, Christine de La Maisonneuve Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 41–63](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/adult-skills-and-productivity-new-evidence-from-piaac-2023/) [Appendix: Variable Definitions and Country/Sector Coverage for Regulatory Reform Analysis Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Océane Vernerey Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 1–18](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/appendix-variable-definitions-and-country-sector-coverage-for-regulatory-reform-analysis/) [The Potential Impact of Pro-competitive Regulatory Reforms on Productivity and Growth in Canada Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Océane Vernerey Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 3–40](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-potential-impact-of-pro-competitive-regulatory-reforms-on-productivity-and-growth-in-canada/) [IPM Issue 49 Editors’ Overview Andrew Sharpe, Bart van Ark, Paul Schreyer Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 1–2](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/) [De-industrialization and the Great Productivity Slowdown: What Comes Next? 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Using data from Statistics Canada’s KLEMS database and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the article examines productivity growth in transportation services (which includes air, rail, and other transportation services), broadcasting and telecommunications, cultural industries (which include publishing and information services, and motion pictures and sound recording), and financial services (which includes financial intermediation and insurance) over the period from 1977 to 2006. These industries provide the foundational networks on which other industries rely. In 1977, they were quite heavily regulated in Canada. They experienced deregulation after 1977, but still faced various types of regulation in 2006. Deregulation also occurred in the United States, but regulation has generally been less restrictive in that country over the period. T HE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT many of the Cet article compare la croissance de la productivité d’un ensemble d’industries canadiennes et américaines réglementées. À l’aide de données de la base de données KLEMS de Statistique Canada et du Bureau of Economic Analysis des États-Unis, l’article examine la croissance de la productivité dans les services de transport (comprenant les services aériens, ferroviaires et autres), la radiodiffusion et les télécommunications, les industries culturelles (comprenant l’édition et les services d’information, et les films et l’enregistrement sonore), et les services financiers (comprenant l’intermédiation financière et les assurances) sur la période de 1977 à 2006. Ces industries fournissent les réseaux fondamentaux sur lesquels reposent les autres industries. En 1977, elles étaient fortement réglementées au Canada et ont connu une déréglementation après 1977, mais faisaient toujours face à diverses formes de réglementation en 2006. 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