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 66
... tax wages , if labour is supplied inelastically , or in a fall in employment , if labour supply is relatively elastic . Business groups in Canada have tended to stress the employment effects of the tax , decrying payroll taxes as “ job ...
... tax wages , if labour is supplied inelastically , or in a fall in employment , if labour supply is relatively elastic . Business groups in Canada have tended to stress the employment effects of the tax , decrying payroll taxes as “ job ...
Page 67
... payroll taxes are unlikely to be much different on average than those of personal income or , for that matter , sales taxes ( although there is no evidence that this thought has influenced tax policy ) . All these taxes drive a similar ...
... payroll taxes are unlikely to be much different on average than those of personal income or , for that matter , sales taxes ( although there is no evidence that this thought has influenced tax policy ) . All these taxes drive a similar ...
Page 121
... taxes paid . The integration of personal and corporate taxes and the tax treatment of capital gains should be ... Payroll Taxes Payroll taxes in Canada are lower than in most other industrial countries . However , it should be noted that ...
... taxes paid . The integration of personal and corporate taxes and the tax treatment of capital gains should be ... Payroll Taxes Payroll taxes in Canada are lower than in most other industrial countries . However , it should be noted that ...
Contents
Overview of the Festschrift | 3 |
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
Copyright | |
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