Details about Michael R. Veall

Homepage:	https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/people/veall-michael
Postal address:	Department of Economics McMaster University 1280 Main Street W. Hamilton ON Canada L8S 4M4
Workplace:	Department of Economics, McMaster University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2018

1. The Curious Incident of Luxury Imports during the Top-Income Surge
   Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University
   See also Journal Article The Curious Incident of Luxury Imports during the Top-Income Surge, Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon (2019) (2019)

2013

2. Estimating the Number of Guaranteed Income Supplement Recipients Who Have Mistakenly Saved in Registered Retirement Savings Plans and Registered Pension Plans
   CLSSRN working papers, Vancouver School of Economics

2012

3. Top Income Shares in Canada: Recent Trends and Policy Implications
   Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University View citations (35)
   Also in CLSSRN working papers, Vancouver School of Economics (2012) View citations (42)
   See also Journal Article Top income shares in Canada: recent trends and policy implications, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2012) View citations (41) (2012)

2007

4. Which Canadian Seniors Are Below the Low-Income Measure?
   Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University View citations (2)
   Also in Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University (2007) View citations (2)

2006

5. The Top Shares of Older Earners in Canada
   Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University
   Also in Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University (2006)

2003

6. National Catastrophic Drug Insurance Revisited: Who Would Benefit from Senator Kirby's Recommendations?
   Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University
   Also in Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University (2003)
   See also Journal Article National Catastrophic Drug Insurance Revisited: Who Would Benefit from Senator Kirby's Recommendations?, Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press (2005) (2005)
7. Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures and Public Prescription Drug Programs
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University (2002)
   Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University (2002)
8. The Evolution of High Incomes in Canada, 1920-2000
   Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University View citations (7)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (12)
   Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University (2003) View citations (7)

2002

9. Allocating Awards Across Noncomparable Categories
   Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2002)
10. The Dynamics of Food Deprivation and Overall Health: Evidence from the Canadian National Population Health Survey
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University (2002)
    Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University (2002)

2000

11. 2 1/2 Proposals to Save Social Security
    Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University
    Also in Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University (2000)
12. The Effect of Marginal Tax Rates on Taxable Income: A Panel Study of the 1988 Tax Flattening in Canada
    Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University View citations (16)
    Also in Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University (2000) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article The effect of marginal tax rates on taxable income: a panel study of the 1988 tax flattening in Canada, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (57) (2001)
13. The Effects of Drug Subsidies on Out-of Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures by Seniors: Regional Evidence from Canada
    Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University View citations (1)
    Also in Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University (2000)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2000)
    See also Journal Article The effects of drug subsidies on out-of-pocket prescription drug expenditures by seniors: regional evidence from Canada, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (16) (2002)

1999

14. Did Tax Flattening Affect RRSP Contributions?
    Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University View citations (6)
    Also in Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University (1999)
    Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University (1999)
    See also Journal Article Did tax flattening affect RRSP contributions?, Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons (2001) View citations (15) (2001)

1997

15. The Effect of RRSPs on Savings in Canada
    Independence and Economic Security of the Older Population Research Papers, McMaster University View citations (5)

1996

16. The Energy-Capital Complementarity Debate: An Example of a Bootstrapped Sensitivity Analysis
    Economics Series, Institute for Advanced Studies

1990

17. Evaluating Pseudo-R2's for Binary Probit Models
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1990)
    See also Journal Article Evaluating Pseudo-R 2 's for binary probit models, Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer (1994) View citations (13) (1994)

1985

18. Bootstrapping the Probability Distribution of Peak Electricity Demand
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Bootstrapping the Probability Distribution of Peak Electricity Demand, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1987) View citations (7) (1987)

1984

19. On Formulating Wald Tests of Nonlinear Restrictions
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Formulating Wald Tests of Nonlinear Restrictions, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1985) View citations (100) (1985)
20. The Impact of Time-of-Use Rates on the Peak Period Electricity Consumption of California Dydraulic Cement Firms
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics

1982

21. A Lagrange Multiplier Test of the Restrictions for a Simple Rational Expectations Model
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article A Lagrange Multiplier Test of the Restrictions for a Simple Rational Expectations Model, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (1985) View citations (5) (1985)
22. Industrial Electricity Demand and the Hopkinson Rate: An Application of the Extreme Value Distribution
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Industrial Electricity Demand and the Hopkinson Rate: An Application of the Extreme Value Distribution, Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1983) View citations (6) (1983)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Minimum wages and alcohol consumption: Evidence from Canadian longitudinal microdata
   Economics & Human Biology, 2025, 56, (C)

2024

2. Chinese minimum wages and health
   Social Science & Medicine, 2024, 363, (C)

2021

3. Current Tax Reading
   Canadian Tax Journal, 2021, 69, (4), 1293-1311

2020

4. Living with the In-laws in China: Which Way is the Spousal Transfer?
   Economics Bulletin, 2020, 40, (4), 3147-3152
5. The Pandemic and Short-Run Changes in Output, Hours Worked and Labour Productivity: Canadian Evidence by Industry
   International Productivity Monitor, 2020, 39, 16-32 View citations (5)

2019

6. The Curious Incident of Luxury Imports during the Top-Income Surge
   Economics Bulletin, 2019, 39, (2), 1479-1487
   See also Working Paper The Curious Incident of Luxury Imports during the Top-Income Surge, Department of Economics Working Papers (2018) (2018)

2018

7. Is There Evidence of an Information and Communication Technology Labour Shortage in the Canadian Labour Force Survey?
   Canadian Public Policy, 2018, 44, (S1), S1-S12 View citations (1)

2017

8. Forty-One Years of Canadian Public Policy / Quarante-et-un ans d' Analyse de politiques
   Canadian Public Policy, 2017, 43, (2), 171-176

2016

9. Piercing the Veil: Private Corporations and the Income of the Affluent
   Canadian Tax Journal, 2016, 64, (1), 1-30 View citations (17)

2015

10. Top-End Progressivity and Federal Tax Preferences in Canada: Estimates from Personal Income Tax Data
    Canadian Tax Journal, 2015, 63, (3), 661-688 View citations (2)

2014

11. Estimates of the Number of Guaranteed Income Supplement Recipients Who Receive Income from Registered Retirement Savings Plans
    Canadian Tax Journal, 2014, 62, (2), 383-399 View citations (2)

2013

12. Improving Canada's Productivity Performance: The Potential Contribution of Firm-level Productivity Research
    International Productivity Monitor, 2013, 26, 86-93 View citations (4)

2012

13. Top income shares in Canada: recent trends and policy implications
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2012, 45, (4), 1247-1272 View citations (41)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2012, 45, (4), 1247-1272 (2012) View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Top Income Shares in Canada: Recent Trends and Policy Implications, Department of Economics Working Papers (2012) View citations (35) (2012)

2010

14. 2B or Not 2B? What Should Have Happened with the Canadian Long Form Census? What Should Happen Now?
    Canadian Public Policy, 2010, 36, (3), 395-399 View citations (11)

2008

15. Canadian Seniors and the Low Income Measure
    Canadian Public Policy, 2008, 34, (s1), 47-58 View citations (4)

2006

16. The dynamics of food insecurity and overall health: evidence from the Canadian National Population Health Survey
    Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (18), 2131-2146 View citations (4)

2005

17. Distributional effects of `general population' prescription drug programs in Canada
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2005, 38, (1), 128-148 View citations (11)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2005, 38, (1), 128-148 (2005) View citations (3)
18. Does the Maclean's Ranking Matter?
    Canadian Public Policy, 2005, 31, (3), 231-242 View citations (2)
19. National Catastrophic Drug Insurance Revisited: Who Would Benefit from Senator Kirby's Recommendations?
    Canadian Public Policy, 2005, 31, (4), 341-358
    See also Working Paper National Catastrophic Drug Insurance Revisited: Who Would Benefit from Senator Kirby's Recommendations?, Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports (2003) (2003)
20. The Evolution of High Incomes in Northern America: Lessons from Canadian Evidence
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (3), 831-849 View citations (198)

2002

21. Bootstrap prediction intervals for single period regression forecasts
    International Journal of Forecasting, 2002, 18, (1), 125-130 View citations (8)
22. The effects of drug subsidies on out-of-pocket prescription drug expenditures by seniors: regional evidence from Canada
    Journal of Health Economics, 2002, 21, (5), 805-826 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Drug Subsidies on Out-of Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures by Seniors: Regional Evidence from Canada, Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports (2000) View citations (1) (2000)

2001

23. 2½ Proposals to Save Social Security
    Southern Economic Journal, 2001, 67, (3), 764-775
24. Data mining and the econometrics industry: comments on the papers of Mayer and of Hoover and Perez
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2001, 7, (2), 211-216 View citations (2)
25. Did tax flattening affect RRSP contributions?
    Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2001, 34, (1), 120-131 View citations (15)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (1), 120-131 (2001) View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Did Tax Flattening Affect RRSP Contributions?, Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports (1999) View citations (6) (1999)
26. Economists and the ARC Large Grants Scheme: A Brief Report
    The Economic Record, 2001, 77, (237), 183-188 View citations (3)
27. The effect of marginal tax rates on taxable income: a panel study of the 1988 tax flattening in Canada
    Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 80, (3), 341-356 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Marginal Tax Rates on Taxable Income: A Panel Study of the 1988 Tax Flattening in Canada, Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers (2000) View citations (16) (2000)
28. Tipping and the Mcquatters Formula
    Public Finance Review, 2001, 29, (2), 99-107 View citations (2)

1998

29. Bootstrap-based critical values for tests of common factor restrictions
    Economics Letters, 1998, 59, (1), 1-5 View citations (2)
30. Canadian and American Saving Rates and the Role of RRSPs
    Canadian Public Policy, 1998, 24, (2), 259-263 View citations (14)
31. Pension Plans and Employee Performance: Evidence, Analysis and Policy By Richard A. Ippolito. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 259. $34.95
    Southern Economic Journal, 1998, 65, (1), 190-192

1996

32. Pseudo-R-[superscript 2] Measures for Some Common Limited Dependent Variable Models
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 1996, 10, (3), 241-59 View citations (101)
33. Using Bootstrapped Confidence Intervals for Improved Inferences with Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equations
    Econometric Theory, 1996, 12, (3), 569-580 View citations (16)

1995

34. Analytic and bootstrap approaches to testing a market saturation hypothesis
    Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 1995, 39, (3), 311-315
35. Data mining and the con in econometrics: the U.S. demand for money revisited
    Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 1995, 39, (3), 329-333

1994

36. Evaluating Pseudo-R 2 's for binary probit models
    Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 1994, 28, (2), 151-164 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Evaluating Pseudo-R2's for Binary Probit Models, Other publications TiSEM (1990) (1990)
37. Goodness of Fit Measures in the Tobit Model
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 56, (4), 485-99 View citations (46)
38. PRACTITIONERS CORNER: Goodness of Fit Measures in the Tobit Model
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 56, (4), 485-499 View citations (16)

1992

39. Bootstrapping the Process of Model Selection: An Econometric Example
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1992, 7, (1), 93-99 View citations (12)
40. Brand/product innovation and the optimal length of trademark/patent protection
    Economics Letters, 1992, 40, (4), 491-496 View citations (6)
41. Performance and Salary Differentials in the National Hockey League
    Canadian Public Policy, 1992, 18, (4), 470-475 View citations (8)
42. Performance measures from prediction- realization tables
    Economics Letters, 1992, 39, (2), 129-134 View citations (6)

1991

43. A Test for Strategic Excess Capacity
    Empirical Economics, 1991, 16, (4), 433-45
44. Selecting Regressors for Prediction Using PRESS and White t Statistics
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1991, 9, (1), 91-96 View citations (1)

1990

45. Testing for a Global Maximum in an Econometric Context
    Econometrica, 1990, 58, (6), 1459-65 View citations (4)

1989

46. A Note on Log-Log Regressions with Dummy Variables: Why Units Matter
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1989, 51, (1), 95-96
47. How Fragile Are Fragile Inferences? A Re-evaluation of the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1989, 71, (1), 99-106 View citations (17)

1988

48. The jackknife and regression with AR(1) errors
    Economics Letters, 1988, 26, (3), 247-252 View citations (3)

1987

49. Bootstrapping the Probability Distribution of Peak Electricity Demand
    International Economic Review, 1987, 28, (1), 203-12 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Bootstrapping the Probability Distribution of Peak Electricity Demand, University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series (1985) View citations (1) (1985)
50. Formulating Wald Tests of the Restrictions Implied by the Rational Expectations Hypothesis
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1987, 2, (1), 61-68 View citations (6)
51. The Probability Distribution of Future Demand: The Case of Hydro Quebec
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1987, 5, (3), 417-24

1986

52. A Monthly Dynamic Consumer Expenditure System for Germany with Different Kinds of Households
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1986, 68, (2), 256-64 View citations (3)
53. Bootstrapping regression estimators under first-order serial correlation
    Economics Letters, 1986, 21, (1), 41-44 View citations (6)
54. On Estimating the Effects of Peak Demand Pricing
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1986, 1, (1), 81-93
    Also in Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1986, 1, (1), 81-93 (1986)
55. Public pensions as optimal social contracts
    Journal of Public Economics, 1986, 31, (2), 237-251 View citations (63)
56. Time-of use rates and peak period electricity consumption: An empirical note
    Energy Economics, 1986, 8, (4), 257-262 View citations (1)
57. Wald tests of common factor restrictions
    Economics Letters, 1986, 22, (2-3), 203-208 View citations (13)

1985

58. A Lagrange Multiplier Test of the Restrictions for a Simple Rational Expectations Model
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1985, 18, (1), 94-105 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper A Lagrange Multiplier Test of the Restrictions for a Simple Rational Expectations Model, University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series (1982) (1982)
59. A Note on Social Security and Private Savings in Singapore
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1985, 40, (2), 299-304
60. Formulating Wald Tests of Nonlinear Restrictions
    Econometrica, 1985, 53, (6), 1465-68 View citations (100)
    See also Working Paper On Formulating Wald Tests of Nonlinear Restrictions, University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series (1984) (1984)
61. On Product Standardization as Competition Policy
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1985, 18, (2), 416-25 View citations (3)
62. On the seasonality of vector autoregression residuals
    Economics Letters, 1985, 18, (2-3), 137-141

1983

63. Industrial Electricity Demand and the Hopkinson Rate: An Application of the Extreme Value Distribution
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, 14, (2), 427-440 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Industrial Electricity Demand and the Hopkinson Rate: An Application of the Extreme Value Distribution, University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series (1982) (1982)

Edited books

2018

1. Productivity and Inequality
   Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, Springer View citations (10)

2016

2. Productivity and Efficiency Analysis
   Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, Springer View citations (19)

Chapters

2016

1. Is There Evidence of ICT Skill Shortages in Canadian Taxfiler Data?
   Springer View citations (1)

Editor

1. Canadian Public Policy
   University of Toronto Press