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249: Putting Money to Work: Monetary Policy in a Low Interest Rate Environment

Steven Ambler

248: Swimming with Whales: How to Encourage Competition from Small Banks

John Jason

247: Carbon Copies: The Prospects for an Economy-wide Carbon Price in Canada

Tracy Snoddon

246: Healthcare Spending Decelerating? Not so Fast!

William Robson

245: Ripple Effects: Oil Price Shocks and Monetary Policy

Steven Ambler

244: Clearing the Air: How Canadian LNG Exports Could Help Meet World Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

James Coleman and Sarah Jordaan

243: Taking the Economic Pulse: An Improved Tool to Help Track Economic Cycles in Canada

Jeremy Kronick

242: A Blueprint for Going Green: The Best Policy Mix for Promoting Low-Emissions Technology

David Popp

241: The Pressing Question: Does CPP Expansion Help Low Earners?

Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle

240: The Naylor Report and Health Policy: Canada Needs a New Model

Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby

239: Rights of Passage: The Economic Effects of Raising the DMT Threshold in Canada

Christine McDaniel, Simon Schropp and Olim Latipov

238: How Spending Declines with Age, and the Implications for Workplace Pension Plans

Frederick Vettese

237: DC Plans and the ORPP: Why Fees Matter

James Pierlot and Barry Gros

236: Better in than Out? Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Dan Ciuriak, Aki Dadkhah and Jingliang Xiao

235: Joint Venture: A Blueprint for Federal and Provincial Marijuana Policy

Anindya Sen

234: Auditing the Auditors: Tax Auditors' Assessments and Incentives

Ken Klassen

233: Mounting Evidence: Findings from Natural Experiments in Inflation Targeting

Michael Parkin

232: Tapping the Land: Tax Increment Financing of Infrastructure

Adam Found

231: At the Global Crossroads: Canada’s Trade Priorities for 2016

Daniel Schwanen

230: Learning from Mistakes: Improving Governance in the Ontario Electricity Sector

George Vegh

229: The National Energy Board's Limits in Assessing Upstream Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Grant Bishop and Ben Dachis

228: Job One is Jobs: Job One is Jobs: Workers Need Better Policy Support and Stronger Skills

Alex Laurin

227: Job One is Jobs: Workers Need Better Policy Support and Stronger Skills

Craig Alexander

226: Challenging Vested Interests: National Priorities for Healthcare in 2016

Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby

225: Getting More Buildings for our Bucks: Canadian Infrastructure Policy in 2016

Ben Dachis

224: National Priorities 2016: The Future of Canadian Energy Policy

Ben Dachis

223: A Crisis of Capital: Canadian Workers Need More Tools, Buildings and Equipment

Ben Dachis, William Robson and Aaron Jacobs

222: Shifting the Federal Tax Burden on the One-Percenters: A Losing Proposition

Alexandre Laurin

221: Feasible Business Tax Burdens in Canada’s Major Cities: The 2015 Report Card

Ben Dachis, Adam Found and Peter Tomlinson

220: Feasible Tax Reform Priorities for Canada: Creating More Wealth to Go Around

Craig Alexander and Alex Laurin

219: Feasible The Future of Poison Pills in Canada: Are Takeover Bid Reforms Needed?

Anita Anand

218: Feasible The Effect of First Nations Modern Treaties on Local Income

Fernando Aragon

217: Feasible Pharmacare in the Federation: A Proposal to Break the Gridlock

Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby

216: One Percent? For Real? Insights from Modern Growth Theory about Future Investment Returns

Steven Ambler and Craig Alexander

215: Underperforming Adults? The Paradox of Skills Development in Canada

Andrew Parkin

214: How to Make the World Safe for (and from) Covered Bonds

Finn Poschmann

213: Improving on the CPI: A Proposal for a Better Inflation Indicator

Aaron Jacobs and Finn Poschmann

212: Making Free Trade Deals Work for Small Business: A Proposal for Reform of Rules of Origin

Dan Ciuriak

211: An Opportunity not to be Wasted: Reforming Ontario’s Recycling Program

Aaron Jacobs

210: Drawing Down Our Savings: The Prospects for RRIF Holders Following the 2015 Federal Budget

William Robson and Alexandre Laurin

209: Peak Power Problems: How Ontario’s Industrial Electricity Pricing System Impacts Consumers

Anindya Sen

208: Ottawa's Secret Debt: The Burden and Risks of Federal Employee Pensions

William Robson and Alexandre Laurin

207: Railroad Blues: How to Get Canada's Rail Policy Back on Track

Benjamin Dachis

206: Tackling Traffic: The Economic Cost of Congestion in Metro Vancouver

Benjamin Dachis

205: The Taxation of Single-Employer Target Benefit Plans – Where We Are and Where We Ought To Be

Jana Steele, Barry Gros, Karen Hall and Ian McSweeney

204: Doctors without Hospitals: What to do about Specialists Who Can’t Find Work

Ake Blomqvist, Colin Busby, Will Falk and Aaron Jacobs

203: Evaluating Student Performance in Pathways to Education

Robert Brown, Adam Lavecchi and Philip Oreopoulos

202: The Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement: What it Means for Canada

Dan Ciuriak

201: Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $13 Billion Healthcare Squeeze

William Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs

200: Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Are Demographics a Fiscal Iceberg for Newfoundland and Labrador?

William Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs