Greater Saving Required: How Alberta Can Achieve Fiscal Sustainability from its Resource Revenues

Leslie Shiell and Colin Busby
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Colin Busby: C.D. Howe Institute

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2008, issue 263

Abstract: The challenges that come with an abundant supply of resource wealth present difficult fiscal decisions for the Alberta government. One highly publicized concern is the need for the province to devise a long-run plan for resource revenue savings.

Keywords: fiscal policy; fiscal sustainability; government spending (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H72 R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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