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2012, issue 370

Ottawa's Pension Abyss: The Rapid Hidden Growth of Federal-Employee Retirement Liabilities

William Robson

2012, issue 369

Seeking Financial Stability: The Best Role for the Bank of Canada

John Crow

2012, issue 368

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Harmful Impact of Provincial Business Property Taxes

Adam Found and Peter Tomlinson

2012, issue 367

Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Challenges and Policy Options

Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby

2012, issue 366

Turning Points: Business Cycles in Canada Since 1926

Philip Cross and Philippe Bergevin

2012, issue 365

How to Pay Family Doctors: Why "Pay per Patient" is Better Than Fee for Service

Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby

2012, issue 364

Stuck in Place: The Effect of Land Transfer Taxes on Housing Transactions

Benjamin Dachis

2012, issue 363

More RRBs, Please! Why Ottawa Should Issue More Inflation-Indexed Bonds

Philippe Bergevin and William Robson

2012, issue 362

Housing Bubbles and the Consumer Price Index: A Proposal for a Better Inflation Indicator

Philippe Bergevin

2012, issue 361

Combatting the Dangers Lurking in the Shadows: The Macroprudential Regulation of Shadow Banking

David Longworth

2012, issue 360

The New Multilateralism: The Shift to Private Global Regulation

Lawrence L. Herman

2012, issue 359

Pooled Registered Pension Plans: Pension Saviour - or a New Tax on the Poor?

James Pierlot and Alexandre Laurin

2012, issue 358

Annuities and Your Nest Egg: Reforms to Promote Optimal Annuitization of Retirement Capital

Norma L. Nielson

2012, issue 357

Breaking Free: A Post-mercantilist Trade and Productivity Agenda for Canada

Michael Hart

2012, issue 356

A Question of Credibility: Enhancing the Accountability and Effectiveness of Credit Rating Agencies

Stéphane Rousseau

2012, issue 355

Réformer le financement des services de garde au Québec: oui, mais comment? Reforming the financing of child care in Quebec: Yes, but how?

Nicholas-James Clavet and Jean-Yves Duclos

2012, issue 354

Breaking the Stereotype: Why Urban Aboriginals Score Highly on "Happiness" Measures

Dominique Gross and John Richards

2012, issue 353

Debit, Credit and Cell: Making Canada a Leader in the Way We Pay

Philippe Bergevin and Todd Zywicki

2012, issue 352

Comparing Nest Eggs: How CPP Reform Affects Retirement Choices

Alexandre Laurin, Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle

2012, issue 351

Reducing the Potential for Future Financial Crises: A Framework for Macro-Prudential Policy in Canada

Paul Jenkins and Gordon Thiessen

2012, issue 350

A Taxing Dilemma: Assessing the Impact of Tax and Price Changes on the Tobacco Market

Ian Irvine and William Sims

2012, issue 349

What CIDA Should do: The Case for Focusing Aid on Better Schools

John Richards

2012, issue 348

Grey Zones: Emerging Issues at the Boundaries of the Canada Health Act

Gerard W. Boychuk

2012, issue 347

Winners and Losers: The Inequities within Government-Sector, Defined-Benefit Pension Plans

Geoffrey Young

2012, issue 346

The Rise in Consumer Credit and Bankruptcy: Cause for Concern?

James (Jim) MacGee

2012, issue 345

Later Retirement: the Win-Win Solution

Peter Hicks

2012, issue 344

Achieving Balance, Spurring Growth: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2012

Alexandre Laurin and William Robson

2012, issue 343

At the Crossroads: New Ideas for Charity Finance in Canada

Adam Aptowitzer and Benjamin Dachis

2012, issue 342

Unclogging the Pipes: Pipeline Reviews and Energy Policy

Joseph Doucet

2012, issue 341

Resolving Water-use Conflicts: Insights from the Prairie Experience for the MacKenzie River Basin

David R. Percy

2012, issue 340

Can Canada Join the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Why just wanting it is not enough

Laura Dawson

2012, issue 339

Better Value for Money in Healthcare: European Lessons for Canada

Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby

2012, issue 338

Financial Stability: The Next Frontier for Canadian Monetary Policy

Christopher Ragan

2011, issue 337

Reforming the Investment Canada Act: Walk More Softly, Carry a Bigger Stick

Philippe Bergevin and Daniel Schwanen

2011, issue 336

Legal for Life: Why Canadians Need a Lifetime Retirement Saving Limit

James Pierlot and Faisal Siddiqi

2011, issue 335

Income Splitting for Two-Parent Families: Who Gains, Who Doesn't, and at What Cost?

Alexandre Laurin and Jonathan Rhys Kesselman

2011, issue 334

Rewarding Innovation: Improving Federal Tax Support for Business R&D in Canada

Mark Parsons

2011, issue 333

Rethinking royalty Rates: Why There Is a Better Way to Tax Oil and Gas Development

Colin Busby, Benjamin Dachis and Bev Dahlby

2011, issue 332

When Nightmares Become Real: Modelling Linkages between the Financial Sector and the Real Economy in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis

Philippe Bergevin, Pierre Duguay and Paul Jenkins

2011, issue 331

Lagging Behind: Productivity and the Good Fortune of Canadian Provinces

Serge Coulombe

2011, issue 330

A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Alternative Financing and Delivery of Water and Wastewater Services

Elizabeth Brubaker

2011, issue 329

Time for Stability in Derivatives Markets – a New Look at Central Counterparty Clearing for Securities Markets

Thorsten Koeppl

2011, issue 328

Aboriginal Education in Quebec: A Benchmarking Exercise

John Richards

2011, issue 327

Chronic Healthcare Spending Disease: A Macro Diagnosis and Prognosis

David A. Dodge and Richard Dion

2011, issue 326

A Social Insurance Model for Pharmacare: Ontario's Options for a More Sustainable, Cost-Effective Drug Program

Colin Busby and William Robson

2011, issue 325

Staying the Course: Quebec's Fiscal Balance Challenge

Pierre Fortin

2011, issue 324

What Does it Cost Society to Raise a Dollar of Tax Revenue? The Marginal Cost of Public Funds

Bev Dahlby and Ergete Ferede

2011, issue 323

Safe Drinking Water Policy for Canada - Turning Hindsight into Foresight

Steve E. Hrudey

2011, issue 322

The Costs of Inflexible Indexing: Avoiding the Adverse Fiscal Impacts of Lower Inflation

Philippe Bergevin and William Robson

2011, issue 321

Precision Targeting: The Economics – and Politics – of Improving Canada’s Inflation-Targeting Framework

Christopher Ragan

2011, issue 320

A Faster Track to Fiscal Balance: The 2011 Shadow Budget

Alexandre Laurin and William Robson

2011, issue 319

Moving Monetary Policy Forward: Why Small Steps - and a Lower Inflation Target - Make Sense for the Bank of Canada

Angelo Melino

2011, issue 318

What Governments Should Do in Mortgage Markets

Finn Poschmann