Table 8
Length of production run

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  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Constant 10,366,000 (0.000) 4,242,000 (0.142) -5,173,000 (0.163) 2,611,000 (0.124)
Atlantic Canada -8,497,000 (0.000) -9,357,000 (0.000) 3,587,000 (0.414)
Quebec -9,202,000 (0.000) -8,348,000 (0.000) 3,742,000 (0.290)
Western Canada -6,761,000 (0.000) -5,442,000 (0.005) 3,880,000 (0.270)
Employment 713,000 (0.046) 581,000 (0.098) 169,000 (0.109)
x Urban -712,000 (0.046) -581,000 (0.097) -172,000 (0.114)
Urban 2,924,000 (0.107) 3,825,000 (0.210)
Export intensity 19,779,000 (0.000) 51,650,000 (0.000) 27,270,000 (0.000)
x Atlantic Canada -39,330,000 (0.001) -28,390,000 (0.000)
x Quebec -39,270,000 (0.000) -23,830,000 (0.000)
x Western Canada -30,090,000 (0.001) -25,680,000 (0.000)
x Urban -6,054,000 (0.610) 789,000 (0.852)
Labour intensive -3,021,000 (0.552) -56,000 (0.991) -353,000 (0.942) -2,269,000 (0.204)
Scale-based 17,424,000 (0.000) 8,547,000 (0.009) 7,590,000 (0.019) 4,591,000 (0.130)
Product differentiated -7,044,000 (0.320) -2,674,000 (0.695) -1,372,000 (0.837) -13,780,000 (0.000)
Science-based 18,546,000 (0.025) 11,420,000 (0.171) 14,355,000 (0.080) 12,803,000 (0.007)
1979 2,486,000 (0.000)
1984 2,026,000 (0.004)
1990 1,933,000 (0.004)
1993 3,860,000 (0.000)
1996 5,660,000 (0.000)
1997 6,322,000 (0.000)
1998 7,662,000 (0.000)
1999 8,891,000 (0.000)
Observations 2,151 2,151 2,151 2,151
Census divisions 239 239 239 239
R-squared 0.32 0.40 0.44 0.23
F (Probability>F) 15.5 (0.000) 13.6 (0.000) 11.9 (0.000) 22.7 (0.000)
Estimator between between between fixed effects

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Notes: P-values are in parentheses and are corrected for heteroskedasticity in Model 4.

Source: Statistics Canada, Annual Survey of Manufactures.