We analyze the prospects for institutional change in the alienated hinterland region of northwestern Ontario. Among the scenarios we examine are union with Manitoba, provincial status, and regional government. We find that there would be political benefits for the residents of the Thunder Bay,...

The relationship between quarterly same day automobile trips by Canadians to the United States and the real exchange rate over the period 1979 - 95 is estimated using the parametric technique Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and the nonparametric technique Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing...

An examination of Canadian provincial government homecare expenditures finds wide differences in real per capita public homecare expenditures. The key determinants of real per capita provincial public homecare expenditures are real provincial per capita income, variables representing the...