Regional economic developments

• The Commodity-Price Cycle and Regional Economic Performance in Canada

  Staff Working Paper 1996-12 Mario Lefebvre, Stephen S. Poloz

  This paper attempts to provide one interpretation of the broad regional economic history of Canada since the early 1970s. As the title of the paper suggests, we believe that, to a significant degree, regional diversity in economic performance reflects movements in Canada's terms of trade, which very frequently are tied to developments in world commodity markets.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32

• The Role of House Prices in Regional Inflation Disparities

  Technical Report No. 67 Dinah Maclean

  Theoretically, house prices will reveal greater disparities between regions than prices for more easily tradable goods and services. This contributes to regional disparities in inflation. In this report the author reviews a range of factors that are likely to cause greater disparities in house price inflation than in the price inflation of other goods and […]

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Technical reports Topic(s): Regional economic developments

• Regional Disparities in Wage and Unemployment Rates in Canada: A Review of Some Issues

  Technical Report No. 51 Kathleen Day

  In this report the author considers three issues relating to regional disparities in Canada. First, the size of regional disparities in unemployment and wage rates is examined together with the patterns in these disparities over time. Next, various theories related to the causes of regional disparities are reviewed, focussing on their predictions regarding regional disparities […]

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Technical reports Topic(s): Labour markets, Regional economic developments JEL Code(s): E, E2, E24