The State of Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David SlaterAndrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies, Centre for the Study of Living Standards McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 - 517 pages Each article in this collection addresses a particular field or issue in the discipline of economics and surveys the state of knowledge in this area in Canada, pointing out gaps in the knowledge base and directions for future research. Contributors include Richard Bird (University of Toronto), Robin Boadway (Queen's University), Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario), Pierre Fortin (University of Quebec at Montreal), Fred Gorbet (York University), Morley Gunderson (University of Toronto), John Helliwell (University of British Columbia), Peter Howitt (Brown University), Katie Macmillan (ITPC), Jack Mintz (C.D. Howe Institute), Ed Nuefeld, Charles Beach (Queen's University), Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University), Sylvia Ostry (University of Toronto), Jim Pesando (CPP-PG), Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia), John Sargent (Department of Finance), Tony Scott (University of Toronto), Michael Smart (University of Toronto), and Tom Wilson (University of Toronto). |
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Page 383
... Quebec's economic performance and prospects than those authors are . The key difference between my view and theirs is that , where they see an empty glass , I see it as ... Quebec Has Quebec's Standard of Living Been Catching Up ? 383.
... Quebec's economic performance and prospects than those authors are . The key difference between my view and theirs is that , where they see an empty glass , I see it as ... Quebec Has Quebec's Standard of Living Been Catching Up ? 383.
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... Quebec when the Quiet Revolution began " officially " in 1960. Eventually , the Quebec - Ontario gap was closed entirely with the generation born in 1966. Overall , from the 1926 cohort to the 1966 cohort , the average level of ...
... Quebec when the Quiet Revolution began " officially " in 1960. Eventually , the Quebec - Ontario gap was closed entirely with the generation born in 1966. Overall , from the 1926 cohort to the 1966 cohort , the average level of ...
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... Quebec's personal income . There was a huge distortion in the regional sharing of military pay , due to the reluctance of Quebec men to enrol in the armed forces . Another anomaly is the big bubble in Quebec's relative performance that ...
... Quebec's personal income . There was a huge distortion in the regional sharing of military pay , due to the reluctance of Quebec men to enrol in the armed forces . Another anomaly is the big bubble in Quebec's relative performance that ...
Contents
Overview of the Festschrift | 3 |
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
Copyright | |
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