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2013, issue 396

Capturing Value from Health Technologies in Lean Times

Ake Blomqvist, Colin Busby and Don Husereau

2013, issue 395

Long-Term Returns: a Reality Check for Pension Funds and Retirement Savers

Richard Guay and Laurence Allaire

2013, issue 394

Diplomacy, Trade and Aid: Searching for "Synergies"

John Richards

2013, issue 393

What You Don't Know Can't Help You: Lessons of Behavioural Economics for Tax-Based Student Aid

Christine Neill

2013, issue 392

Paying Hospital-Based Doctors: Fee for Whose Service?

Ake Blomqvist

2013, issue 391

High Frequency Traders: Angels or Devils?

Jeffrey MacIntosh

2013, issue 390

Why is BC Best? The Role of Provincial and Reserve School Systems in Explaining Aboriginal Student Performance

John Richards

2013, issue 389

A New Blueprint for Ontario's Electricity Market

Goulding Aj

2013, issue 388

The Valuation of Public Projects: Risks, Cost of Financing and Cost of Capital Current

Marcel Boyer, Éric Gravel and Sandy Mokbel

2013, issue 387

Predicting Recessions in Real-Time: Mining Google Trends and Electronic Payments Data for Clues

Greg Tkacz

2013, issue 386

Ontario Pension Policy 2013: Key Challenges Ahead

Barry Gros

2013, issue 385

Cars, Congestion and Costs: A New Approach to Evaluating Government Infrastructure Investment

Benjamin Dachis

2013, issue 384

Rethinking Pharmacare in Canada

Steve Morgan, Jamie R. Daw and Michael R. Law

2013, issue 383

From Curiosity to Wealth Creation: How University Research can Boost Economic Growth

Peter Howitt

2013, issue 382

Beer, Butter, and Barristers: How Canadian Governments Put Cartels before Consumers

Robert Mysicka and Marty McKendry

2013, issue 381

The Dangers of an Extended Period of Low Interest Rates: Why the Bank of Canada Should Start Raising Them Now

Paul Masson

2013, issue 380

Access Denied: The Effect of Apprenticeship Restrictions in Skilled Trades

Robbie Brydon and Ben Dachis

2013, issue 379

Improving the Tax Treatment of Intellectual Property Income in Canada

Nick Pantaleo, Finn Poschmann and Scott Wilkie

2013, issue 378

Paying for Hospital Services: A Hard Look at the Options

Jason Sutherland, R. T. Crump, Nadya Repin and Erik Hellsten

2013, issue 377

Strength in Numbers? The Weak Effect of Manufacturing Clusters on Canadian Productivity

Kristian Behrens

2013, issue 376

Mergers by Choice, Not Edict: Reforming Ontario's Electricity Distribution Policy

Stephen Fyfe, Mark Garner and George Vegh

2013, issue 375

Prudence and Opportunity: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2013

Alex Laurin and William Robson

2013, issue 374

Putting the Market Back in Dairy Marketing

Colin Busby and Daniel Schwanen

2013, issue 373

Canada's 2012 Fiscal Accountability Rankings

Colin Busby and William Robson

2013, issue 372

Reining in the Risks: Rethinking the Role of Crown Financial Corporations in Canada

Finn Poschmann and Philippe Bergevin

2013, issue 371

A Canada-CARICOM "Trade-not-Aid" Strategy: Important and Achievable

Phil Rourke

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