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 68
... recent economic discussion of the corporate income tax has strongly supported on efficiency grounds the move towards base broadening and rate flattening advocated in the Mintz report and that these recommendations have been further ...
... recent economic discussion of the corporate income tax has strongly supported on efficiency grounds the move towards base broadening and rate flattening advocated in the Mintz report and that these recommendations have been further ...
Page 70
... recent years , " such research has continued to be a major industry below the border , to the point where lengthy review articles debating the significance and interpretation of the results have recently appeared ( Zodrow , 2001 ...
... recent years , " such research has continued to be a major industry below the border , to the point where lengthy review articles debating the significance and interpretation of the results have recently appeared ( Zodrow , 2001 ...
Page 196
... Recent projections from the Chief Actuary ( OSFI , 1999 ) showed expenditures under these plans falling from around 2.6 per cent of GDP at the time to 2.4 per cent after a decade , then climbing again , regaining their then - current ...
... Recent projections from the Chief Actuary ( OSFI , 1999 ) showed expenditures under these plans falling from around 2.6 per cent of GDP at the time to 2.4 per cent after a decade , then climbing again , regaining their then - current ...
Contents
Overview of the Festschrift | 3 |
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
Copyright | |
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