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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may also save on the costs of the tort liability system since workers essentially give up their right to sue their employer under such a system . Advance notice requirements for plant closings or mass layoffs may foster efficient job ...
may also save on the costs of the tort liability system since workers essentially give up their right to sue their employer under such a system . Advance notice requirements for plant closings or mass layoffs may foster efficient job ...
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All this theorizing tells us to compare the relative difficulty or transactions costs , at each level.56 For example , to right - size an environmental policy , it can be ceded from provinces with small spans to their larger neighbours ...
All this theorizing tells us to compare the relative difficulty or transactions costs , at each level.56 For example , to right - size an environmental policy , it can be ceded from provinces with small spans to their larger neighbours ...
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What would be the costs if provinces made interprovincial agreements to prevent such bidding , or in other ways prevent a permit drain from their industries to richer ones outside ? Can transaction and administrative costs of ...
What would be the costs if provinces made interprovincial agreements to prevent such bidding , or in other ways prevent a permit drain from their industries to richer ones outside ? Can transaction and administrative costs of ...
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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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