Technological Adaptation in Canadian Manufacturing, 1900–1929
估算了1900-1929年加拿大制造业的技术变革偏向,并与美国对比,发现加拿大制造商并未照搬美国技术,而是根据本国要素市场条件进行了成本效率调整。
This article estimates biases to technical change in Canadian manufacturing from 1900 to 1929, and compares these to estimates of biased technical change in U.S. manufacturing. Significant differences are found between similar industries in the two countries, indicating that Canadian manufacturers did not use U.S. technology in unaltered fashion, but adapted it to be more cost efficient under Canadian factor market conditions.