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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The second was a major revision of the tax treatment of retirement savings in 1991 to provide more equal treatment of holders of pension and registered retirement savings plans , including an expansion of the limits for contributions ...
The second was a major revision of the tax treatment of retirement savings in 1991 to provide more equal treatment of holders of pension and registered retirement savings plans , including an expansion of the limits for contributions ...
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Since savings rise proportionately with annual income , consumption tax critics suggest that the exemption of savings from tax results in a regressive tax ( regressivity implies that taxes proportionately decline in relation to the base ) ...
Since savings rise proportionately with annual income , consumption tax critics suggest that the exemption of savings from tax results in a regressive tax ( regressivity implies that taxes proportionately decline in relation to the base ) ...
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Taxes and savings behaviour . Although consumption - tax advocates argue that a consumption tax improves economic welfare , many empirical studies have suggested that taxes on savings have little or no impact .
Taxes and savings behaviour . Although consumption - tax advocates argue that a consumption tax improves economic welfare , many empirical studies have suggested that taxes on savings have little or no impact .
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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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| Title | The State of Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David Slater Queen's Policy Studies Series |
| Authors | Andrew 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 |
| Editors | Andrew Sharpe, Patrick Grady |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0889119406, 9780889119406 |
| Length | 517 pages |
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