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This article presents abstracts of several papers published in the May 1965 issue of the Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science. In the article Size of Firm, Oligopoly, and Research: A Comment, F. M. Scherer identified some statistical problems met in analyzing the relationship between firm size and inventive activity, measured either by research and development employment inputs or patent outputs. While the purpose of the paper Analysis of Canadian Consumer Expenditure Surveys, by A. Asimakopulos was to estimate some demand relations and assess the usefulness of Canadian consumer expenditure surveys for the derivation of such estimates.

The article presents discussions by economists on various papers that are published in the May 1, 1953 issue of the journal "American Economic Review." The author states that economist John H. Dales paper is an application of location theory to the problem of the industrial potential of a region. It highlights certain requirements, which must be fulfilled before a region can become industrialized and which might be neglected without a location approach. The author states that Dales has constructed a macroscopic theory in which industrial structures or regions are units and not individual plants. He has, however, refrained from attempting to define the region. Much of the discussion relates to this weakness in the argument deriving from the lack of a precise unit. The author first accepts Dales premise that Central Canada can be distinguished as an economic region and comments on certain conclusions made by Dales. The author makes it clear that the low fuel-electricity consumption ratio in Quebec is attributable to the absence of heavy fuel-using industries and to the presence of industries, which consume large quantities of power. High inputs of either power or fuel are characteristic of plants in early stages of manufacturing and not in consumer goods plants. Thus, the low fuel-electricity ratio is not the result of the attractive force which cheap power has for light manufacturing plants in relation to that of cheap fuel.

Presents updates on the Canadian Economics Association as of November 1973. Minutes of the Seventh Annual Meeting on June 2, 1973, held in Kingston; Reports of managing editors; Papers presented at the meeting.

Presents information related to several articles on economics. Economic growth and productivity in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and Japan in the post war period; Dividend policies of electric utility firms; Relationship between the quantity of materials imported by the United States and the level of industrial production and prices of imports.

Presents information on various articles related to economics in Canada, published in the August 1963 issue of the journal 'The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science.' Fiscal implications of a housing program; Relationships between investment, technological progress and full-employment growth; Behavior of corporate saving; Labor-management relations in the construction industry.

Presents information related to several abstracts on economics published in the June 1962 issue of the journal 'The Southern Economic Journal.' Research needs in minimum wage theory; Regional capital estimates by industry, 1954-57 in the United States; Demand for currency and taxation in Canada.

This article discusses the role of industrial manager in the community power structure of Canadian cities. Orientation of interest outside of the community circle has an important influence on the power structure of Canadian cities. The development of a branch economy has led to a nonpersonal involvement of industries in community affairs. The hypothesis of this paper is, that due to a branch type of economy, the power structure of a Canadian city does not coincide with the generally accepted American models. In summary, the civic organizations within the Border City area are seen as training grounds for future power-holders within the community. The industrial man is able to utilize this success not only for advancement within the civic functions, but also within his relative industry. The nationally and internationally-oriented members of the power elite, because of their megascopic image and their known activities outside of the community, need not participate fully within the area to maintain their positions. In conclusion, a community based on a branch economy will have a power structure that does not coincide with the generally accepted American model.

Presents the estimates of final and intermediate commodity output derived from the manufacturing censuses in Canada. Rate of growth of the Canadian economy; Comparison of the process of industrialization in Canada and the U.S.; Examination on the growth and structure of the flows of commodity output.

The article discusses the abstracts of several papers on economics published in the November 1965 issue of the "Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science." The first article is "Postwar Consumption in Canada: A First Look at the Aggregates," by Alan Powell. An econometric analysis of the demand for the eight major components of personal consumption expenditures was conducted using a system of linear expenditure functions. The second article "An Evaluation of Estimates of Immigration Into Canada in the Late Nineteenth Century," by James Pickett, evaluates two recent attempts to estimate historical population movements in Canada and to comment on the problem of transient passengers. By combining Canadian and United States figures of immigrant arrivals and comparing British and American official statistics, it is shown that the deficiencies of the Canadian statistics cannot be explained solely in terms of the transient problem. The third article is "Some Remarks on an Econometric Model of a Provincial Economy," by T.I. Matuszewski.

This paper considers the adequacy of unit value indexes as proxies for industrial selling price indexes in Canada, in light of the considerations raised in the Searle report for the United States (summarized elsewhere in this issue). Some 3,237 regressions are run using the industrial selling price index for a commodity group as the dependent variable and the corresponding unit value index as the independent variable. The unit value indexes perform poorly as predictors of the I.S.P.I.; the overall tendency is for the unit value index to overestimate changes in the I.S.P.I., and to explain on average only about 30 percent of the total variance of the I.S.P.I. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article develops an economic hypothesis about the origin of social movements. The paper is divided into three parts: the first elaborates a theory of demand for social change or, more specifically, a theory about why the demand for change manifests itself in social movements. This first part, in turn, is subdivided into two sections examining: first, some structural components of the environment in which social movements originate and discussing, second, the definitions and assumptions of the proposed theory as well as its essential mechanisms. The second part introduces the concept of the supply of social movements and examines how this supply is related to the demand for social change. This discussion sheds some new light on the question of social change itself. This is briefly discussed in Section III. The hypothesis formulated appears to be consistent, at least in the large, with what is known of the history of social movements in Canada, in the United States, and in Europe during the first part of the twentieth century.

This paper is in part directed towards a partial examination of Canadian concepts and methods used in the deflation of constant price estimates of gross domestic product from both an expenditure and industry-of-origin point of view, and in part toward certain problems arising in the development of a conceptually balancing set of accounts in real terms. It also provides reference material to allow the reader to pursue the detailed methodology and data underlying the Canadian constant price accounts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents information related to several articles on economics. Relation between unemployment and the rate of change of money wages in Canada; Input-output volume and value predictions for the Netherlands from 1948-1958; Relationship between aggregate consumption to wealth.

Presents information related to several articles related to economics and political science of Canada. Relation between industrial research activity and size of firm and oligopoly; Various cases of monopolistic price discrimination; Short term capital movements and the flexible Canadian exchange rate from 1953-1961.

Discusses contributions of Canadian economists to the discipline of economics as of February 1968. Assessment of the contributions; Methods of assessing the contributions of Canadian economists; Listing of books by Canadian resident economists.

The article discusses some differences in marketing between the U.S. and Canada in the 1950's. Canada has not established a marketing education program at the university level. Access to government statistics is limited in comparison with the U.S. Canada relies significantly on exports which affects their marketing efforts. Many Canadian brands advertised in U.S. publications are not available to U.S. consumers. The cost of obtaining marketing research is higher in Canada than in the U.S. It is estimated that the readership of advertisements is higher in Canada but that the cost of advertising bilingually is a hindrance.

The article presents a series of abstracts of publications in the field of international marketing, including "Agriculture and Mexican Economic Development," "Canada's Regional Disparities," and "South Africa."

This article discusses models of unionization in Canada and a bargaining model, which indicates how time loss from labor disputes can measure trade union aggressiveness. Union power can be evaluated in terms of union strike and non-strike activity, which are closely related to unions' ability to coerce employers into higher wage settlements. Topics include flaws in the Hines model, bargaining theory, strike decisions, empirical analysis, prediction models, and the limitations of using a time-loss variable for estimating the wage adjustment process.

Prices, costs, and profits in Canadian manufacturing: the influence of tariffs and concentration. A model for analyzing the influence of import tariffs and domestic concentration is presented and used to derive hypotheses concerning the influence of Canadian tariffs and concentration on the price, costs, and profits of domestic import-competing industries. The hypotheses are tested using data on the relative prices, direct costs per unit, and gross profit per unit for a sample of corresponding Canadian and us manufacturing industries. The tests support hypotheses that the influences of tariffs and concentration on prices and on costs are interdependent. The interdependence is such that prices and costs tend to be high when both tariffs and concentration are high, but exhibit no such tendency when tariffs or concentration or both are low. The tests further suggest that concentration has an independent upward influence on profit per unit, but that tariffs have little or no influence on profit per unit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some economic effects of immigration: a general equilibrium analysis. The effects of immigration on per capita real income and on the distribution of the national product in the receiving country are determined. Previous analyses have assumed that immigrants and members of the indigenous population have similar characteristics save in respect of ownership of capital. Some account is taken of the differences in the occupational compositions, the intersectoral distributions and the consumption preferences of the immigrant and native work forces and some rather surprising results derived. The theory of duality and the technique of comparative statics are employed. Some numerical examples relating to immigration into Canada in 1970 are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a series of abstracts on various topics of economics published in the April 1964 issue of the periodical 'Journal of Political Economy.' Appraisal of the monetary policy of Canada; Overview of economic effects of broadcast licensing; Proposition of a model of stock-option value; Results of some studies on the financial structure of manufacturing corporations; Assessment of the marginal cost of hot money.

The article presents information on the longevity of Jews in Canada. Only two attempts appear to have been made so far to express the longevity and mortality of Jews by means of a life table. The Jewish populations of the United States and of Canada have great similarities in their social and economic structures. They also share, very largely, in their European origins and they have come to North America during the same period. It is, therefore, a fair assumption that the longevity and mortality characteristics of the relatively small Jewish population of Canada may be indicative of what might be found for the millions of Jews in the United States, for whom such information is not available.

Analyzes the cost structures in hospitals in British Columbia using information theory. Complexity and specialization measures for British Columbian hospitals in 1967; Hospital and bed distribution; Measure of in-patient expense and the proper adjustment for case complexity.

Deals with a study which tested the demand model formulated by H.S. Houthakker and Lester Taylor on Canadian national accounts data. Formulation of the Houthakker-Taylor consumption hypothesis; Results of estimation of the Houthakker-Taylor model; Comparisons with an alternative aggregate consumption hypothesis.

Presents a series of abstracts on various topics of economics published in the February 1964 issue of the periodical 'Journal of Political Economy.' Estimation of the quantitative effects of budgetary and monetary policies of Canada on its economic activity and foreign balance; Assessments of returns on clipper ships.