The State of Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David SlaterAndrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady, David Walker Slater, 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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However , it did lay the groundwork for greater discussion of the consumption tax principle as a basis for taxation in Canada . Two moves towards consumption taxation occurred in the early 1990s . The first was the replacement of the ...
However , it did lay the groundwork for greater discussion of the consumption tax principle as a basis for taxation in Canada . Two moves towards consumption taxation occurred in the early 1990s . The first was the replacement of the ...
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Precautionary savings : Savings are built up to provide consumption when resources are insufficient to cover contingencies ( Deaton , 1992 ; and Skinner , 1988 ) . An important element of precautionary savings is related to liquidity ...
Precautionary savings : Savings are built up to provide consumption when resources are insufficient to cover contingencies ( Deaton , 1992 ; and Skinner , 1988 ) . An important element of precautionary savings is related to liquidity ...
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The usual argument stated against consumption taxes is that they are not fair . Since savings rise proportionately with annual income , consumption tax critics suggest that the exemption of savings from tax results in a regressive tax ...
The usual argument stated against consumption taxes is that they are not fair . Since savings rise proportionately with annual income , consumption tax critics suggest that the exemption of savings from tax results in a regressive tax ...
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| Title | The State of Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David Slater John Deutsch Institute Queen's Policy Studies Series |
| Authors | Andrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady, David Walker Slater, 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 |
| Editors | Andrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0889119422, 9780889119420 |
| Length | 517 pages |
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