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- A Primer on Financial Derivatives
- One of the most significant financial market trends is the increased use of derivative instruments. Despite the growth of derivative markets, transactions and positions in these instruments have never been widely disclosed. This is primarily due to their accounting treatment as largely off-balance-sheet items. This report gives an insight on...
- White papers 2003-11-18
- Cargo Handling, Storage and Warehousing in the New Zealand Producers Price Indexes
- Statistics New Zealand is currently redeveloping its suite of Business Price Indexes. This will include, among other things, redevelopment of the transport and storage industry. Cargo handling services and storage and warehousing services fall within the other transport and storage services section of this industry and are therefore part of...
- White papers 2004-05-25
- Our Lives In Digital Times
- This paper uses statistical information to begin to shed light on the outcomes and impacts of Information and Communications Technology ICT. Some of the expected outcomes associated with ICT are presented, while factual evidence is used to demonstrate that these outcomes have so far not materialized. The paperless office is...
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Global Links: The Benefits To Domestically-Controlled Plants From Inward Direct Investment
- This paper evaluates the effects of inward United States foreign control on the productivity of domestically-controlled plants in Canada over the period from 1980 to 1996. It distinguishes inter-industry "Vertical linkages" effects of foreign control from the intra-industry productivity effects. Canadian Input-Output tables are used to construct proxies for foreign...
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Understanding Productivity: A Primer
- While productivity growth was a topic once reserved for academic debates, widespread interest in the performance of the Canadian economy has moved the topic into popular discussion. Despite this progress in terms of attitude, much confusion remains concerning the use and interpretation of the concept of productivity. This paper explains...
- White papers 2006-04-01
- The Effect Of Organizational Innovation And Information Technology On Firm Performance
- This paper examines the issue of whether investment in Information and Communication Technology ICT, combined with organizational changes and worker skills contribute to better performance in Canadian firms. The authors found that Canadian firms have actively engaged in organizational changes in the areas of production and efficiency practices, Human Resource...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Investment In New Residential Building Construction
- The investment in new residential building construction may be divided into two major categories. The first one being the work put in place, which represents the value of construction for the four principal dwelling types (singles, doubles, rows and apartments) during a given period. The second category Other new construction...
- White papers 2005-11-28
- Measuring The Productivity Of The Insurance Business At The Firm Level
- This paper applies a short-run production framework to the modeling of multifactor productivity in the Canadian insurance business. The measured multifactor productivity allows for the distinction between: Scale economies; Network effect; Market structures; and technological change. Based on an incomplete panel data set at the firm level and a methodology...
- White papers 2006-06-01
- The Impact Of Trade On Plant Scale, Production-Run Length And Diversification
- We develop a model of trade in differentiated products with multi-product plants. The model predicts that plants in a smaller and less competitive market have shorter production runs and tend to be smaller and less productive than those in a larger market. Bilateral tariff reductions lead to a decline in...
- White papers 2005-06-01
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- Statistics Canada Daily.
- WINNIPEG, MB, Tuesday, Dec 04, 2001 FEATURED PRODUCTS Canada food stats Canada food stats is a new, easy-to-use CD-ROM that provides access to a broad spectrum of food statistics and indicators. It contains information on per-capita food consumption and...
- Research articles 2001-12-04
- The impact of industry associations: evidence from Statistics Canada data
- SUMMARY Industry associations are nonprofit organizations with specialized knowledge and capabilities that typically perform innovation enabler roles. I present Statistics Canada data that show that industry associations have a strong impact on the ability of Canadian firms to innovate. In the interests of informing further empirical work on the...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Aircraft movement statistics -- September 2001 (preliminary).
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 November 2001-Statistics Canada: Aircraft movement statistics -- September 2001 preliminary C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08112001 There were 400,831 take-offs and landings recorded in September at the 43 Canadian airports with Nav Canada air traffic control towers, a ...
- Research articles 2001-11-08
- Aircraft movement statistics -- August 2001 (preliminary).
- M2 PRESSWIRE-19 October 2001-Statistics Canada: Aircraft movement statistics -- August 2001 preliminary C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19102001 There were 480,253 take-offs and landings recorded at the 43 Canadian airports with Nav Canada air traffic control towers in August, an ...
- Research articles 2001-10-19
- Latest National Tourism Indicators Another Encouraging Sign for Canada's Tourism Industry.
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 2, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Today the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Secretary of State Small Business and Tourism, issued a statement in response to a positive Statistics Canada report on Canada's tourism industry. On March 27, 2008, Statistics Canada reported...
- Research articles 2008-04-02
- Canadian Labour Congress/Jobs: Labour to the Bank of Canada, 'Don't Slam the Brakes!'.
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jun 9, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- The good news of today's job numbers from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey raises concerns among working Canadians and their families that the Bank of Canada may take them, once more, as OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jun 9, 2006...
- Research articles 2006-06-09
- Civil aviation financial statistics -- Second quarter 2000.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 October 2000-Statistics Canada: Civil aviation financial statistics -- Second quarter 2000 C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04102000 Air Canada reported a seasonally adjusted basic income of $105 million in the second quarter. Basic income, or loss, is measured by...
- Research articles 2000-10-05
- Civil aviation operating statistics -- August 2001.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 October 2001-Statistics Canada: Civil aviation operating statistics -- August 2001 C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11102001 Air Canada reported a 1 increase based on seasonally adjusted data in its total passenger-kilometres in August. Available on CANSIM:...
- Research articles 2001-10-11
- Civil aviation operating statistics -- October 2000.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 January 2001-Statistics Canada: Civil aviation operating statistics -- October 2000 C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12012001 Operational data for October on civil aviation (Air Canada and Canadian Airlines Ltd.) are now available. Available on CANSIM: matrix 385...
- Research articles 2001-01-15
- Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health, 2002-03
- The JCUSH represents a unique population health survey conducted jointly by two national statistical agencies, Statistics Canada and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. The use of a common questionnaire and identical data collection and processing methods provides highly comparable data. As a result, the findings from JCUSH provide...
- White papers 2004-06-02
- Labour to the Bank of Canada: Don't Hike Interest Rates.
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 5, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey for March appears to show an economy that is growing even though most of the new jobs are not necessarily full-time, permanent and well-paid. "As lo OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 5, 2007 (CCNMatthews...
- Research articles 2007-04-05
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