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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... Plans The Canada and Quebec Pension Plans are second - pillar programs : manda- tory social insurance , income - replacement plans that cover most employed Canadians . " They provide a variety of benefits : a retirement pension that ...
... Plans The Canada and Quebec Pension Plans are second - pillar programs : manda- tory social insurance , income - replacement plans that cover most employed Canadians . " They provide a variety of benefits : a retirement pension that ...
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... Plans and RRSPs The modern shape of Canada's registered pension plans emerged from two forces . One was the desire to ensure that private employer - sponsored pension plans were properly funded . The other was the desire to level the ...
... Plans and RRSPs The modern shape of Canada's registered pension plans emerged from two forces . One was the desire to ensure that private employer - sponsored pension plans were properly funded . The other was the desire to level the ...
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... plans from current taxation , and does the same for income earned inside the plans . With- drawals are taxed at regular personal income tax rates . Concern about the possibility that higher income earners will avoid too much tax on ...
... plans from current taxation , and does the same for income earned inside the plans . With- drawals are taxed at regular personal income tax rates . Concern about the possibility that higher income earners will avoid too much tax on ...
Contents
Overview of the Festschrift | 3 |
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
Copyright | |
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