00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.947304 CaOODSP 20250218134821 m o d f cr cn||||||||| 250123t20252025oncd obs f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP n-cn--- CS36-28-0001/2025-1-2E-PDF Amundsen, Alexander, author. Did the COVID-19 pandemic zombify the economy? : a look at zombie firms / by Alexander Amundsen, Amélie Lafrance-Cooke and Danny Leung. [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, January 22, 2025. ©2025 1 online resource (6 pages) : graphs. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Economic and social reports, 2563-8955 ; v. 5, no. 1, January 2025 Cover title. At head of title: Spotlight on data and research. Issued also in French under title: La pandémie de COVID-19 a-t-elle zombifié l’économie? : regard sur les entreprises zombies. Includes bibliographical references (page 11). "This article summarizes recent research by Amundsen et al. (2025) that examined zombie firm prevalence and the dynamics of these firms over the 2020-to-2022 pandemic years, the role of business supports in helping to prop up zombie firms or encourage their survival, and their contribution to the decline in Canada’s productivity. Zombie firms are defined as having earnings before interest and taxes less than their interest payments for 3 consecutive years and as being at least 10 years old"--Page 1. Business enterprises Canada Statistics. Federal aid to small business Canada Statistics. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 Economic aspects Canada Statistics. Statistics lcgft Statistics Canada, issuing body. La pandémie de COVID-19 a-t-elle zombifié l’économie? : (CaOODSP)9.947317 Economic and social reports (Statistics Canada) v. 5, no. 1, January 2025. (CaOODSP)9.895760 PDF 617 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2025/statcan/36-28-0001/CS36-28-0001-2025-1-2-eng.pdf HTML N/A https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2025001/article/00002-eng.htm 36-28-0001