The Resource Boom: Impacts on Provincial Purchasing Power

Macdonald, Ryan

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1407531

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The Resource Boom: Impacts on Provincial Purchasing Power

Ryan Macdonald

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November 18, 2008

Insights on the Canadian Economy Research Paper Series

Abstract:
The study illustrates the differential impact on regional economies of relative price changes stemming from commodity price movements, exchange rate changes and changes in international manufactured goods prices. It focuses on Canadian provinces, which are a large, geographically distributed federation of regional economies with widely differing economic bases. In this regard, the study illuminates an important method for examining regional economic performance that is particularly well suited to federations such as Russia or the European Monetary Union, or to large countries such as the United States.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 27

Keywords: economic growth, real income, terms of trade

JEL Classification: D92, F43, O4, O47, F0

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Date posted: May 21, 2009

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Macdonald, Ryan, The Resource Boom: Impacts on Provincial Purchasing Power (November 18, 2008). Insights on the Canadian Economy Research Paper Series. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1407531 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1407531

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