@article{Productivity:682, recid = {682}, author = {Cozier, Barry and Gupta, Rohit}, title = {Is Productivity Exogenous Over the Cycle? Some Canadian Evidence on the Solow Residual}, publisher = {Bank of Canada}, address = {1993}, pages = {1 online resource (v, 26 pages)}, abstract = {The authors investigate the exogeneity of productivity changes in Canada using two different measures of such changes. This procedure can provide evidence on real business cycle theories in which output cycles arise from optimal responses to exogenous productivity shocks that are unaffected by factors such as aggregate demand. The paper follows the work of Evans (1992), who finds that interest rates, the money supply and government spending Granger-cause productivity movements in the United States. The results of this study support the view that demand factors can affect Canadian short-run productivity. Past values of money and interest rates Granger-cause productivity movements and also explain a considerable portion of the future variance of productivity changes. The findings put in question the exogeneity of productivity movements in Canada.}, url = {http://www.oar-rao.bank-banque-canada.ca/record/682}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.34989/swp-1993-13}, }