Production Technology Differences Between Canadian-Owned and Foreign-Owned Firms Using Translog-Production Functions / Vittorio Corbo, Oli Havrylyshyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corbo, Vittorio.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Havrylyshyn, Oli.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0981.

NBER working paper series no. w0981

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1982.

Summary:

The discussion of foreign ownership in Canada frequently refers to a conventional view that foreign-owned firms are larger, more capital-intensive, pay higher wages and are more efficient. Evidence for these characterizations has unfortunately come from comparisons of partial productivity measures of labor or measures of average capital-intensity, with all the uncertainty that this entails. It is the object of this paper to compare the technology characteristics of Canadian and US-owned establishments in Canada by means of a translog production function estimate, utilizing micro level data. While we find strong evidence for the view that the two groups operate with different technologies, and that US-owned establishments are larger, we do not find support for the conventional view that US-owned establishments are more capital-intensive, have higher labor productivity, or lower costs of production.

Notes:

Print version record

September 1982.