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Bird, Richard M.; Ebel, Robert D. - Rotman Institute for International Business, Rotman … - 2005

An important characteristic of many countries is that they exhibit, to greater or lesser degrees, some 'asymmetry' in the way in which different regions are treated by their intergovernmental fiscal systems. This paper explores some of the varied extents and manners in which such asymmetrical...

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The GST/HST: Creating an Integrated Sales Tax in a Federal Country

Bird, Richard M. - International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young … - 2012

Canada is not a country with a reputation for bold experimentation. However, Canadian experience demonstrates … history of sales taxation in Canada, it has taken decades of federal-provincial negotiations to produce the present … from perfect. Nonetheless, Canada has shown that not only can VATs be introduced at the subnational level but that they can …

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Reconciling Diversity with Equality: The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Maintaining an Effective State in Canada

Bird, Richard M.; Vaillancourt, Francois - Rotman Institute for International Business, Rotman … - 2001

political channels. The most important and prominent manifestation of diversity in Canada has been the rise to dominance in the … largely francophone province of Quebec of a political party advocating secession, but regional differences and tensions in … Canada are by no means confined to Quebec. In particular, the rise of the western provinces -- particularly Alberta and …

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Changing with the Times: Success, Failure and Inertia in Canadian Federal Arrangements, 1945-2002

Bird, Richard M.; Vaillancourt, Francois - Rotman Institute for International Business, Rotman … - 2005

institutions, we examine three aspects of Canada’s federal arrangements over the last half century. We have chosen these three … attempt to amend the Constitution Act of 1982 to satisfy the demands of Quebec, the majority francophone province in Canada …

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The Fiscal Sustainability of the Greater Toronto Area

Slack, Enid; Bird, Richard M. - Rotman Institute for International Business, Rotman … - 2004

Recently many commentators have expressed concern about the fiscal health of Toronto and, more generally, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Such concern is puzzling because most of the available evidence suggests that municipalities in the GTA are fiscally healthy. Over the past decade, for...

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The Interregional Incidence of Public Budgets in Federations: Measurement Issues, Evidence from Canada, and Policy Relevance

Vaillancourt, Francois; Bird, Richard M. - Rotman Institute for International Business, Rotman … - 2005

the regional incidence of federal budgets in Canada, considering both aggregate results and some specific federal …

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The Economic Incidence of Replacing a Retail Sales Tax by a Value-Added Tax: Evidence from Canadian Experience

Bird, Richard M.; Smart, Michael - Rotman Institute for International Business, Rotman … - 2008

A decade ago, several Canadian provinces replaced the retail sales taxes by value-added taxes. This paper estimates the effects of this tax substitution on consumer prices in the reforming provinces. Consistent with theory, we find that the resulting effective tax rate changes were shifted...

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Some fiscal aspects of controlling industrial water pollution

Bird, Richard M.; Waverman, Leonard - In: Economic thinking and pollution problems, (pp. 75-102). 1972

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Productivity measurement in the public sector : the case of police services

Scicluna, Edward; Foot, David K.; Bird, Richard M. - In: Public finance and public employment : proceedings of …, (pp. 257-274). 1982

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Can property taxes be reformed? : reflections on the Ontario experience

Bird, Richard M.; Slack, Enid - In: Canadian public administration : analyzing national, … 24 (1981) 3, pp. 469-485

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