CSLS-Industry Canada Workshop:
Productivity Issues in a Canadian Context

CSLS-Industry Canada Workshop "Productivity Issues in a Canadian Context" (Invitational)
Lady Elgin Room, Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Friday, September 29, 2000

Program

8:00-8:30 Registration,
Coffee and Muffins
8:30-8:45 Opening Remarks
Andrei Sulzenko (Industry Canada)
Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
8:45-9:45 Session 1 Productivity Trends and Determinants in Canada
Chair: Ian Stewart (CSLS)

 Review Paper: Erwin Diewert (UBC)

Discussant:  Jeremy Rudin (Finance Canada)

9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:00 Session 2  Innovation and Productivity
Chair: Serge Nadeau (Finance Canada)

 Review Paper: Jeff Bernstein (Carleton University)

Discussant: Someshwar Rao(Industry Canada)

11:00-12:00 Session 3 Investment and Productivity
Chair: David Slater (CSLS)

 Review Paper: Ronald Giammarino (UBC)

Discussant: Ronald Bodkin (University of Ottawa)

12:00-12:45 Lunch (no speaker)
12:45-1:45 Session 4 Global Linkages and Productivity
Chair: Val Traversy (Industry Canada)

 Review Paper: John Ries (UBC)

Discussant: Larry Schembri (Bank of Canada)

1:45-3:00 Session 5 Productivity in the New Economy
Chair: Shane Williamson (Industry Canada)

 Review Paper: Tom Wilson and Peter Dungan (University of Toronto)

Discussant: Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario)

2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Session 6 The Social Aspects of Productivity
Chair: Pierre Fortin (UQAM)

 Review Paper: Lars Osberg (Dalhouse University)

Discussant: Richard Roy (HRDC)

4:00-4:15 Closing Remarks
Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada)
4:30-6:30 Reception and Launch of the International Productivity Monitor (Quebec Suite, Chateau Laurier Hotel)
 
Serge Coulumbe "The Canada U.S. Growth Paradox"

Richard G. Harris "Determinants of Canadian Productivity Growth: Issues and Prospects"

Manual Traijtenberg "Is Canada missing the 'Technology boat'? Evidence from Patent Data"

Steven Globerman "Linkages between technological change and productivity growth"

Daniel Trefler "The long and short of the Canada U.S. Free trade agreement"

P. Someshwar Rao and Jianmin Tang "Are Canadian-Controlled Manufacturing firms less productive than their foreign controlled counterparts?"

Wulong Gu and Mun Ho "A comparison of industrial productivity growth in Canada and the United states"

Frank Lee and Jianimin Tang "Productivity Levels and International competitiveness Between Canadian and U.S. Industries"

Randall Morck and Bernard Yeung "The economic determinants of innovation"

Kevin Stiroh "A survey of the relationship between investment and productivity"

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