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Indigenous Technological Adaptation in Canadian Manufacturing, 1900-1929

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  • Peter J. Wylie

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By estimating translog cost function models for important sectors of Canadian manufacturing, 1900-1929, a significant element of indigenous technological adaptation to local factor prices is measured. This refutes the notion that Canadian manufacturing in the early twentieth century was technically unadaptive and rigidly locked into imported, largely U.S., technology. Without technological adaptation over the period, costs in these Canadian industries would have been 15 to 20 percent higher by 1929, demonstrating that indigenous technological adaptation was important to their long-run growth and development.

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  • Peter J. Wylie, 1990. "Indigenous Technological Adaptation in Canadian Manufacturing, 1900-1929," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 23(4), pages 856-872, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cje:issued:v:23:y:1990:i:4:p:856-72
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    1. W.F. Maloney, 2002. "Innovation and Growth in Resource Rich Countries," Working Papers Central Bank of Chile 148, Central Bank of Chile.

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