Adaptability, Accountability and Sustainability: Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Canada

William Robson and Alex Laurin
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Alex Laurin: C.D. Howe Institute

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2015, issue 431

Abstract: Spending control and greater reliance on their own revenues are more promising responses to provincial budget pressures than higher federal transfers, according to a new report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Adaptability, Accountability and Sustainability: Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Canada,” authors William Robson and Alexandre Laurin foresee demographic stresses on provincial government budgets, but argue that more federal money will undermine accountability and forestall needed reforms.

Keywords: Fiscal; and; Tax; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H10 H20 H71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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