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Working Papers

2015

1. Railroad Blues: How to Get Canada's Rail Policy Back on Track
   e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (1)
2. Tackling Traffic: The Economic Cost of Congestion in Metro Vancouver
   e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute

2014

3. Capital Needed: Canada Needs More Robust Business Investment
   e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute
4. Measuring Innovation in Canada: The Tale Told by Patent Applications
   e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (4)
5. The 2014 C.D. Howe Institute Business Tax Burden Ranking
   e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (1)

2013

6. Equipping Canadian Workers: Business Investment Loses a Step against Competitors Abroad
   e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (2)
7. How Ottawa Can Deliver a Reformed Canada Post
   e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (1)
8. What Gets Measured Gets Managed: The Economic Burden of Business Property Taxes
   e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (6)

2012

9. From Living Well to Working Well: Raising Canada's Performance in Non-residential Investment
   e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (5)

2011

10. Congestive Traffic Failure: The Case for High-Occupancy and Express Toll Lanes in Canadian Cities
    e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (2)
11. Plugging into Savings: A New Incentive-Based Market Can Address Ontario’s Power-Surplus Problem
    e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (1)
12. The effects of land transfer taxes on real estate markets: Evidence from a natural experiment in Toronto
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article The effects of land transfer taxes on real estate markets: evidence from a natural experiment in Toronto, Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press (2012) View citations (83) (2012)
13. Zapped: The High Cost of Ontario's Renewable Electricity Subsidies
    e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (3)

2010

14. Unbalanced Books: How to Improve Toronto’s Fiscal Accountability
    e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (10)

2009

15. A Clean Canada in a Dirty World: The Cost of Climate-Related Border Measures
    e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (9)
16. Low-Carbon Fuel Standards: Driving in the Wrong Direction
    e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (4)
17. Out on a Limb: Assessing the Fiscal Sustainability and Effectiveness of the 2009 Federal Budget
    e-briefs, C.D. Howe Institute View citations (9)

Journal Articles

2015

1. Small Business Preferences as a Barrier to Growth: Not so Tall After All
   C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2015, (426) View citations (9)

2014

2. Baffling Budgets: The Sorry State of Municipal Fiscal Accountability in Canada
   C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2014, (397)
3. Full Throttle: Reforming Canada's Aviation Policy
   C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2014, (398) View citations (4)
4. The Impact of Collective Bargaining Legislation on Strike Activity and Wage Settlements
   Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2014, 53, (3), 394-429 View citations (6)

2013

5. Cars, Congestion and Costs: A New Approach to Evaluating Government Infrastructure Investment
   C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2013, (385) View citations (5)

2012

6. At the Crossroads: New Ideas for Charity Finance in Canada
   C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2012, (343) View citations (2)
7. Stuck in Place: The Effect of Land Transfer Taxes on Housing Transactions
   C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2012, (364) View citations (12)
8. The effects of land transfer taxes on real estate markets: evidence from a natural experiment in Toronto
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2012, 12, (2), 327-354 View citations (83)
   See also Working Paper The effects of land transfer taxes on real estate markets: Evidence from a natural experiment in Toronto, Working Papers (2011) View citations (37) (2011)

2011

9. Holding Canada's Cities to Account: an Assessment of Municipal Fiscal Management
   C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, 2011, (145) View citations (13)
10. Rethinking royalty Rates: Why There Is a Better Way to Tax Oil and Gas Development
    C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2011, (333) View citations (3)

2010

11. Picking up Savings: The Benefits of Competition in Municipal Waste Services
    C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2010, (308) View citations (14)
12. The Laws of Unintended Consequence: The Effect of Labour Legislation on Wages and Strikes
    C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2010, (304) View citations (15)

2009

13. New Housing and the Harmonized Sales Tax: Lessons from Ontario
    C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, 2009, (119) View citations (8)
14. Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Impact on Canada's Competitiveness
    C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2009, (280) View citations (4)

2008

15. Sand in the Gears: Evaluating the Effects of Toronto's Land Transfer Tax
    C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2008, (277) View citations (5)
16. Steering Through Turbulence: The Shadow Federal Budget for 2008
    C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, 2008, (111) View citations (4)

2007

17. Excess Baggage: Measuring Air Transportation’s Fiscal Burden
    C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2007, (242) View citations (1)