The death of Canadian manufacturing plants: Heterogeneous responses to changes in tariffs and real exchange rates

Review of World Economics

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-167

  Baldwin, John ^a   Yan, Beiling ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exchange rates; Plant exit; Survival; Tariffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953026549     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-010-0079-1     Document Type: Article

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