Western Canada in the international economy:
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Edmonton
Univ. of Alberta Press
1992
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| Schriftenreihe: | Western studies in economic policy
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| Umfang: | XIII, 106 S graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0888642474 |
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V^ ontents
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1
1 Profiles 5
The Industrial Composition of Employment 7
Western Canada s Merchandise Trade Links with the Global Economy 9
The Four provinces: Merchandise Links with the Global Economy 13
A Comparison of Spatial Markets 18
Summary 20
2 Commodity Price Volatility, Instability
and the Exchange Rate 21
Commodity Price Movements 22
Volatility in Commodity Prices 27
The Terms of Trade 30
Measures of Regional and Provincial Instability 31
Volatility and the Domestic Economy 33
Effects of the Exchange Rate on Western Canada 35
Exchange Rate Indexes 36
Summary on the Exchange Rate 41
Employment Effects of Commodity Prices and the Exchange Rate 42
3 Buffers and Strategic Options for the Private Sector 45
Institutional Buffers 46
Selected Programs 46
Energy 48
Marketing Agencies 48
Strategic Options: A Product/Market Approach 50
Cost Leadership/Production Capability ^2
Searching for Extended Product/Market Options in the Private Sector 54
A Public Sector Role? 59
Examples of Transition Potential from the Forest Products Sector 60
Examples of Transition Potential from the Agricultural Sector 62
Examples of Transition Potential from the Energy Sector 63
Conclusion 64
4 Uncertain Prospects: Trade Liberalization, the Economic
Union, and the Western Canadian Economy 65
Confederation as an Economic Union rn
The Economic Surplus of Confederation Structural Characteristics of Western Canada and the Surplus °
Implications for Western Canada of Alternative Constitutional Scenarios y
Market Power Issues
Insurance and Stabilization Issues 70
The International Trading Environment Facing Western Canada 72
The GATT and Multilateral Trade Initiatives 73
Canada United States Free Trade: Motivation 75
The FTA: Potential Gains 76
The Impact of the FTA on Western Canada 78
The FTA: Some Cautions 79
Canada United States Mexico Free Trade Negotiations 80
Managed Trade vs. Free Trade 81
Europe 1992 83
Trade Liberalization and Western Canada: Promoting Structural Change 84
The Economic Union and Trade Liberalization 85
5 Whither the West? 87
Appendices 93
A. Spatial Market Shares in Some Important Western Canadian Exports 94
B. Composition of the Western Centre Commodity Price Index 95
C. Country Weights in the G 10 Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
Index of the Bank of Canada 96
D. Country Weights in the IMF Nominal and Real Effective Exchange
Rate Indexes for Canada 97
E. Effective Exchange Rate Indexes for Western Canada 98
F. Results from a Regression Model Relating Western Canadian
Employment to Commodity Real Prices and the WCER Real
Effective Exchange Rate Index 100
Bibliography 101
C
A igures Charts
a
l.l(a) Provincial Employment by Industry 1.1 (b) Employment by Industry: Western Canada vs. Canada 1.2 Western Canada Commodity Price Indexes, 1972 1990 24 26
2.2 Standard Deviation of Annual Rates of Change in Price Indexes, 1972 88 28
3.2 Western Canada: Terms of Trade 31
4.2 Bank of Canada G 10 Nominal Exchange Rate Index, 1975/1 to 1990/4 37
5.2 IMF Nominal and Real Effect Exchange Rate Indexes for Canada, 1975/1
to 1990/4 39
6.2 Western Centre Nominal and Real Effective Exchange Rate Indexes,
1975/1 to 1990/4 41
7.2 Real Commodity Price and Real Effective Exchange Rate, 1975/1 to
1991/2 43
1.3 A Product/Market Matrix 51
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X ables
1.1 Western Canada s Share in Canadian Merchandise Exports, 1986 89 10
2.1 Top Tier Western Canadian Merchandise Exports, 1986 89 11
3.1 Second Tier Western Canadian Merchandise Exports, 1986 89 12
4.1 Western Canada s Shares of World Production and Exports: Selected
Commodities 14
5.1 Commodity Exports: Total Out of Province Exports and Exports to
Foreign Countries as a Share of Provincial GDP, 1986 89 16
6.1 Leading Six Commodity Exports as a Percent of Total Foreign Exports by
Province, 1986 89 17
7.1 Geographic Markets: Percent Share for the Four Provinces, Western
Canada, and Canada, 1986 88 19
1.2 Standard Deviation of Quarterly Price Change for Main Export Groups
Compared with the CPI and the IPPI, 1972/2 to 1989/2 28
2.2 Indexes of Instability: Personal Income 32
3.2 Standard Deviation of Annual Percent Change in Real Fixed Capital
Investment, Selected Regions and Provinces, 1972 88 33
4.2 Standard Deviation of Annual Percent Change in Land Prices for
Selected Cities Compared to the IPPI, 1976 87 34
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