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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In addition to his role in reforming the financing of the Ontario and Nova Scotia public sector pensions , David was also the chair of a small task force for the Ontario government on the problems of the property and casualty insurance ...
In addition to his role in reforming the financing of the Ontario and Nova Scotia public sector pensions , David was also the chair of a small task force for the Ontario government on the problems of the property and casualty insurance ...
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Over the four years , 1975–78 , Quebec's real income per capita shot up from 79 per cent to 86 per cent of Ontario's . It stayed at about this level over the next four years until 1982 , and then receded to around 83 per cent by 1985 .
Over the four years , 1975–78 , Quebec's real income per capita shot up from 79 per cent to 86 per cent of Ontario's . It stayed at about this level over the next four years until 1982 , and then receded to around 83 per cent by 1985 .
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The available time series for Quebec and Ontario are graphed in Figure 9 as percentages of GDP . The evidence they provide is that direct spending on R & D as a percentage of GDP grew faster in Quebec than Ontario between 1979 and 1997.
The available time series for Quebec and Ontario are graphed in Figure 9 as percentages of GDP . The evidence they provide is that direct spending on R & D as a percentage of GDP grew faster in Quebec than Ontario between 1979 and 1997.
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Contents
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
Tax Policy and Tax Research in Canada | 57 |
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