Distance and Duties :Determinants of Manufacturing in Australia and Canada ( Carleton Library Series )

Publication subTitle :Determinants of Manufacturing in Australia and Canada

Publication series :Carleton Library Series

Author: Conlon; R. M.  

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press‎

Publication year: 1985

E-ISBN: 9780773595644

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780886290290

Subject: F416.63 electronic industry

Keyword: 经济计划与管理

Language: ENG

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY

1. 1 PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA AND CANADA

1.2 COMPARISONS OF AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

1.3 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

CHAPTER 2: AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN COMMERCIAL POLICY

2.1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL POLICY IN AUSTRALIA

Australian Commercial Policy to 1900

Commercial Policy from Federation to War's End, 1901- 1920

The Tariff Board and Tariff Policy, 1921-1939

The Post- War Period, 1945- 1971

Australian Commercial Policy, 1971 - 1974

The Tariff and Industrial Development: A Summary

2.2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL POLICY IN CANADA

Canadian Commercial Policy to 1879

The "National Policy", 1879-1913

The Economic Consequences of the National Policy

The Inter- War Period, 1919-1939

World War II and Post- War Commercial Policy

The Tariff and Canadian National Development

2.3 AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN COMMERCIAL POLICIES: A SUMMARY

CHAPTER 3: TRADE BARRIERS AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE: SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

3.1 SOME ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF TARIFF PROTECTION

Nominal Tariffs and Efficiency

Effective Protection and Resource Allocation

3.2 TRANSPORT COSTS, TARIFFS AND THE RANGE OF COMMODITIES PRODUCED

Transport Costs and Non- Traded Goods

An Analysis of Transport Costs and Tariffs with a Continuum of Goods

The real model

Extensions of the model

( i ) Transport costs

(ii) Tariffs

3.3 SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE

CHAPTER 4: TRADE BARRIERS AND THE STRUCTURES AND PERFORMANCES OF AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

4.1 TRADE BARRIERS AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE

Size of the Market

Firm- Specific Economies

Plant-Specific Economies

Product-Specific Economies

4.2 TRADE BARRIERS AND THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIES: A SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE

Market Size

Output Diversity

Foreign Participation

4.3 THE COSTS OF PROTECTION

CHAPTER 5: A REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE CONCERNING DISTANCE, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT COSTS, AND TARIFFS AS BARRIERS TO TRADE

5.1 DISTANCE AND TRANSPORT COSTS AS DETERMINANTS OFINTERNATIONAL TRADE FLOWS

Distance and Trade Flows

Distance, Transport Costs and Trade Flows

5.2 THE RELATIVE HEIGHTS OF TARIFFS AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT COSTS: THE UNITED STATES' CASE

CHAPTER 6: TRADE BARRIERS TO AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN EXPORTS

6.1 THE CONTRIBUTION OF DISTANCE TO TRANSPORT COSTS FOR AUSTRALIAN EXPORTS

The "Cost" of Distance as a Barrier to Total Exports

The "Cost" of Distance and Barriers to Exports of Individual Commodities

The Case of Australian Exports to the United States

Transport Costs of Australian Exports of Manufactures

6.2 TRADE BARRIERS TO CANADIAN EXPORTS

6.3 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER 7: TRADE BARRIERS TO AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN IMPORTS

7.1 DESCRIPTION OF TARIFF AND TRANSPORT COST DATA IN THIS STUDY

Australia

Canada

7.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSPORT COST AND TARIFF PROTECTION OF AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING

7.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSPORT COST AND TARIFF PROTECTION OF CANADIAN MANUFACTURING

7.4 COMPARISONS OF THE PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES OF AUSTRALIA AND CANADA

CHAPTER 8: A COMPARISON OF AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: A BIVARIATE APPROACH

8.1 BIVARIATE COMPARISONS OF MEANS AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Industry structures

Labour forces

Foreign trade

Use of resources

Other industry characteristics

8.2 BIVARIATE CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Protection and Industry Characteristics

Industry structures

Foreign participation

Labour forces

Research and development

Production techniques and resource use

Foreign trade

Size of markets

Other Characteristics of Australian and Canadian Manufacturing Industries

Size of markets

Foreign participation

Industry structures

Comparison of industry characteristics

8.3 BIVARIATE COMPARISONS OF AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MANUFACTURING SECTORS: A SUMMARY

Comparisons of Means and Distributions

Simple Correlation Analysis

CHAPTER 9: AN ANALYSIS OF AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: A MULTIVARIATE APPROACH

9.1 MULTIVARIATE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS

Discriminant Analysis of Four Aspects of Australian and Canadian Manufacturing Industries

Industry structures

Labour forces

Foreign trade and the use of resources

Discriminant Analysis of Selected Attributes of Australian and Canadian Manufacturing Industries

Selected industry characteristics

Selected industry characteristics and Protection

Summary of Discriminant Analysis Results

9.2 REGRESSION ANALYSIS

Tariffs, Transport Costs and Characteristics of Australian and Canadian Manufacturing Industries

Aspects of diversification

Foreign trade performance

Foreign conrrol

Summary of Regression Analysis Results

CHAPTER 10: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

10.1 PROTECTION OF AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MANUFACTURING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

10.2 BARRIERS TO AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN TRADE: THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

Barriers to Exports

Barriers to Imports

10.3 TRADE BARRIERS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN MANUFACTURING

Similarities Between Australian and Canadian Industries

Differences Between Australian and Canadian Industries

The Likely Role of Trade Barriers

The "Costs" of Protection

10.4 POLICY PRESCRIPTlONS?

Tariffs

Transport Costs

APPENDIX: 8.1 The Concordance of Australian and Canadian Manufacturing Activities

APPENDIX: 8.2 The Data Used in This Study

Australia

Canada

APPENDIX: 8.3 The Distribution of Activity in Australian and Canadian Manufacturing

APPENDIX: 9.1 Discriminant Analysis: Some Theoretical Considerations

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