Au Canada comme au Québec un dollar sur deux est dépensé par l'État. C'est une proportion considérable des dépenses totales d'une économie laissée à la décision du marché politique. Cette proportion est une des plus élevées parmi les pays dits capitalistes. Devant ce constat, les...

This paper investigates the work incentives aspect of the new tax credit called Prime au travail introduced by the Quebec government in January 2005. The problem of work incentives is discussed and a review of the literature pertaining to the American, English and French experiences in this...

This paper analyses a survey undertaken by the polling firm CROP between the 20th and the 31st of January 2005. The 21 questions presented in this study concern the Quebec population's perception of fiscal issues. Several issues are examined such as budgetary choices and fiscal administration as...