What role does government play in the provision of public goods? Economists have used the lighthouse as an empirical …

This paper uses the price and wage data contained in the 1831 census of Lower Canada to provide regional estimates of …

data from the 1831 and 1851 Lower Canada censuses. We find strong evidence that this difference in tenure partially …

This paper aims to explain differences in infant mortality across the colony of Quebec, known in the 1850s as Canada …

Generally, the historical literature presents the period from 1817 to 1851 in Lower Canada (modern day Quebec) as one … over whether or not Lower Canada enjoyed a positive rate of economic growth. The only question remaining is why it was … slower than that of the United States and the rest of Canada …

During the colonial era, the French colonial government in Canada experimented with paper money printed on the back of …

Generally, the historical literature presents the period from 1817 to 1851 in Lower Canada (modern day Québec) as one … cannot perfectly quantity the effect of free banking on economic growth in Lower Canada, we can be certain that its effect on …

A new consumer price index for Canada, 1870-1913 is constructed, which includes prices for clothing and household … textile product used for clothing and household furnishings at this time, even in Canada, whose winters are harsh, fell by 49 …