Monopoly Power, Productivity Growth and Income Distribution in the Manufacturing Sectors of Canada and the U.S., 1949 to 1996

M.J. Gordon

Rotman School of Management - Finance from Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Abstract: A simple and informative measure of the degree of monopoly power (DMP) that a manufacturing firm of industry enjoys is the ratio of the value added in its output to the labour cost of producing the output. This paper has established that the degree of monopoly power in the U.S. manufacturing sector rose more or less continuously over the years 1949-1996. It Canada it was slightly higher than in the U.S. in 1949 but it remained flat until about 1982, and from 1982 to 1996, the DMP rose, but at a lower rate than in the U.S.

Keywords: MONOPOLIES; PRODUCTION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L40 L41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 1999
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