D24 - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity

• The Effects of the Exchange Rate on Investment: Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing Industries

  Staff Working Paper 2005-22 Tarek Harchaoui, Faouzi Tarkhani, Terence Yuen

  Using industry-level data for 22 Canadian manufacturing industries, the authors examine the relationship between exchange rates and investment during the period 1981–97.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Domestic demand and components, Exchange rates JEL Code(s): D, D2, D24, F, F4

• La fonction de production et les données canadiennes

  Staff Working Paper 2005-20 Patrick Perrier

  This study has two aspects. First, the author examines the theoretical properties of the constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function and the implications of this formulation for the properties of a structural macroeconomic model.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models JEL Code(s): D, D2, D24, E, E2, E23, O, O4, O40

• Efficiency and Economies of Scale of Large Canadian Banks

  Staff Working Paper 2005-13 Jason Allen, Ying Liu

  The authors measure the economies of scale of Canada's six largest banks and their costefficiency over time. Using a unique panel data set from 1983 to 2003, they estimate pooled translog cost functions and derive measures of relative efficiency and economies of scale.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions JEL Code(s): C, C3, C33, D, D2, D24, G, G2, G21