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 105
... percentage points . Effective rates in manufactur- ing would drop by 1.7 percentage points . Effective rates in the resource sector would actually increase , because of the interaction of statutory rates with various credits and ...
... percentage points . Effective rates in manufactur- ing would drop by 1.7 percentage points . Effective rates in the resource sector would actually increase , because of the interaction of statutory rates with various credits and ...
Page 462
... percentage points between 1982 and 1996 ( a 5.7 per cent increase ) , while the proportion of workers in just the two extreme intervals rose by 3.8 points ( or by 15.6 per cent ) . The corresponding in- creases for men were 2.7 and 4.8 ...
... percentage points between 1982 and 1996 ( a 5.7 per cent increase ) , while the proportion of workers in just the two extreme intervals rose by 3.8 points ( or by 15.6 per cent ) . The corresponding in- creases for men were 2.7 and 4.8 ...
Page 474
... percentage points for men , but by only about 0.5 of a point for women . So again , the cyclical effect shows up much stronger for men than for women . For men , the average probability of moving up declines by over 3.5 points and the ...
... percentage points for men , but by only about 0.5 of a point for women . So again , the cyclical effect shows up much stronger for men than for women . For men , the average probability of moving up declines by over 3.5 points and the ...
Contents
Overview of the Festschrift | 3 |
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
Copyright | |
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