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 269
... country members of the WTO indicates that poorer countries are not yet prepared to give up on the multilateral trading system . Developing nations account for over 100 of the roughly 140 members of the WTO . Dozens of other developing ...
... country members of the WTO indicates that poorer countries are not yet prepared to give up on the multilateral trading system . Developing nations account for over 100 of the roughly 140 members of the WTO . Dozens of other developing ...
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... country members , and particularly the influential " Quad " group of countries which includes Canada , to take up the challenge . Not only is a greater concern for the trade aspirations of developing countries the right thing to do from ...
... country members , and particularly the influential " Quad " group of countries which includes Canada , to take up the challenge . Not only is a greater concern for the trade aspirations of developing countries the right thing to do from ...
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... country to country . For example , there are important differences across countries in the provision of publicly- funded early childhood and pre - elementary schooling , in the extent to which students are streamed into " academic " and ...
... country to country . For example , there are important differences across countries in the provision of publicly- funded early childhood and pre - elementary schooling , in the extent to which students are streamed into " academic " and ...
Contents
Overview of the Festschrift | 3 |
Pensions | 4 |
An Economist for All Seasons | 19 |
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