01577cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000333 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451846065 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Klein, Michael. A Provincial View of Economic Integration / Michael Klein, Tamim Bayoumi. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (29 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper develops a method of testing levels of economic integration based upon consumption smoothing, and tests it using data on trade balances across Canadian provinces. The results indicate the provinces are highly integrated within Canada, but integration between Canada and the rest of the world is partial. Provincial trade balances respond only about half as much to events in the rest of the world as they do to events within Canada. In short, national borders appear to matter for intertemporal trade. Mode of access: Internet Bayoumi, Tamim. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/041 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1997/041/001.1997.issue-041-en.xml IMF e-Library