Tables, charts and appendix

Tables

Table 1
Depreciation patterns and methods used in Canada and the United States

Table 2
Bureau of Economic Analysis and Statistics Canada (productivity accounts) depreciation rates by asset type

Table 3
Share of assets in capital stock, business sector, 2003 (nominal dollars)

Table 4
Average relative Canadian-U.S. levels of investment and capital intensities, by asset class, business sector, 1987 to 2003 (1997 dollars)

Table 5
Decomposition of Canadian-U.S. aggregate capital intensity gap, by asset class, based on Statistics Canada depreciation rates, business sector, 2003 (1997 dollars)

Table 6
Decomposition of Canadian-U.S. aggregate capital intensity gap, by industry, based on Statistics Canada depreciation rates, business sector, 2003 (1997 dollars)

Table 7
Decomposition of Canadian-U.S. information and communications technology capital intensity gap, by industry, based on Statistics Canada depreciation rates, business sector, 2003 (1997 dollars)

Table 8
Decomposition of Canadian-U.S. non-information and communications technology machinery and equipment capital intensity gap, by industry, based on Statistics Canada depreciation rates, business sector, 2003 (1997 dollars)

Table 9
Decomposition of Canadian-U.S. building capital intensity gap, by industry, based on Statistics Canada depreciation rates, business sector, 2003 (1997 dollars)

Table 10
Decomposition of Canadian-U.S. engineering capital intensity gap, by industry, based on Statistics Canada depreciation rates, business sector, 2003 (1997 dollars)

Table 11
Intensity differences using a decomposition analysis and a fixed effects regression, 2003 (1997 dollars)

Table 12
Relative Canadian-U.S. levels of investment and capital intensity, total economy, 2003 (1997 dollars)

Table 13
Decomposition of Canada-U.S. aggregate capital intensity gap, by asset type, based on Statistics Canada depreciation rates, total economy, 2003 (1997 dollars)

Charts

Figure 1
Canadian business sector investment-to-gross domestic product ratio relative to the U.S. ratio, by asset class, 1987 to 2003 (1997 dollars)

Figure 2
Canadian business sector capital-to-gross domestic product ratio relative to the U.S. ratio, 1987 to 2003 (1997 dollars)

Figure 3
Canadian business sector capital-to-gross domestic product ratio relative to the U.S. ratio, by asset class, 1987 to 2003 (1997 dollars)

Figure 4
Canadian investment-to-gross domestic product ratio relative to the U.S. ratio, total economy, 1987 to 2003 (1997 dollars)

Figure 5
Canadian capital-to-gross domestic product ratio relative to the U.S. ratio, total economy, 1987 to 2003 (1997 dollars)

Appendix

Appendix A
Bureau of Economic Analysis depreciation rates

Appendix B
Relative Canadian-U.S. levels of capital and investment intensities (nominal dollars)

Appendix C
Results based on Bureau of Economic Analysis depreciation rates

Appendix D
Results based on own depreciation rates

Appendix E
Results based on Bureau of Economic Analysis depreciation rates