02146cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017142 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475541335 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Agur, Itai. Products and Provinces : A Disaggregated Panel Analysis of Canada's Manufacturing Exports / Itai Agur. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (33 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 The waning of the commodity boom places renewed emphasis on manufacturing as an engine for Canadian growth. However, Canadian manufacturing exports have been relatively stagnant since 2000. While the exchange rate depreciation over the past two years has energized export growth, the response has not been as strong as would have been expected given the size of the depreciation. More fundamental issues appear to be impeding the growth of the Canadian manufacturing sector. This study analyzes the structural factors behind export competitiveness by using unique Canadian data on exports, which are disaggregated both by province and by product. Matching exports to similarly disaggregated data on R and D, the capital stock and other supply-side variables, we find that these variables significantly affect export growth, beyond the impact of the exchange rate. In particular, investment in R and D, capital infrastructure and vocational training improves innovation and production capacity. These results are robust to a factor-augmented approach that controls for multicollinearity. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/193 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2016/193/001.2016.issue-193-en.xml IMF e-Library