Allocative Efficiency and Aggregate Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States Staff Working Paper 2021-1 Lin Shao, Rongsheng Tang The lack of improvement in allocative efficiency plays a quantitatively important role in the productivity slowdown in the United States and the widening Canada–US productivity gap. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Productivity JEL Code(s): C, C6, C67, D, D4, D5, D57, E, E2, E23
Real-Financial Linkages in the Canadian Economy: An Input-Output Approach Staff Working Paper 2011-14 Danny Leung, Oana Secrieru The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we provide a detailed social accounting matrix (SAM), which incorporates the income and financial flows into the standard input-output matrix, for the Canadian economy for 2004. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Financial markets, Sectoral balance sheet JEL Code(s): C, C6, C67, D, D5, D57