JSM 2004 - Toronto

Abstract #300791

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Activity Number: 52
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 8, 2004 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #300791
Title: Calibration Methods for Foreign and Domestic Investment in Canada
Author(s): Leon Jang*+ and Marie-Claude Duval
Companies: Statistics Canada and Statistics Canada
Address: R.H. Coats Building, 11th Floor, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0T6, Canada
Keywords: calibration ; country of control
Abstract:

The Capital Expenditures Survey performed by Statistics Canada provides information on capital spending for the economy in Canada at large as well as by industrial classification and province. Estimates on capital spending for several countries of control to evaluate the capital in Canada owned by foreign countries has been requested by data users. Estimates by country of control were produced using domain estimation techniques. As country of control was not considered in the sample design, calibration methods were investigated to improve the estimation. This talk will provide some background on the survey and discuss the improvements made by calibrating to total capital spending and total revenues. Comparisons between calibrated and noncalibrated estimates at various industry and provincial levels will be presented. In addition, future enhancements to the survey to account for the country of control will be presented.

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