Business innovation is viewed by many as a solution to Canada's ailing productivity performance. One of the more troubling aspects of Canada's innovation track record is that businesses spend relatively little on research and development (R&D) despite having access to some of the world's most...

This paper compares Canadian central government budget forecasting with forecasting by other industrial countries. While fiscal forecasting in Canada is governed by one of the strongest institutional frameworks, quantitative analysis suggests that budget projections of macroeconomic and fiscal...

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) should be restructured in order to carry out its main role of mobilizing private funds for infrastructure finance. It should become more private sector-driven and market responsive. Combined with an effective government framework for public investment,...

Differences in per capita output across Canadian provinces have narrowed less than disparities in per capita income in past decades. Using a panel regression framework, this paper studies the differential impact of federal transfer programs on output convergence. The evidence suggests that while...

Business innovation is viewed by many as a solution to Canada’s ailing productivity performance. One of the more troubling aspects of Canada’s innovation track record is that businesses spend relatively little on research and development (R&D) despite having access to some of the world’s...

In this paper, we revisit trends in low-income among Canadian children by taking advantage of recent developments in the measurement of low-income intensity. We focus in particular on the Sen-Shorrocks-Thon (SST) index and its elaboration by Osberg and Xu. Low-income intensity declined in the...