Despite an ongoing debate on the size of municipal council in several Canadian cities, especially in Quebec, relatively few studies have measured the impact of the number of elected officials on local public finances. This research analyzes the budgetary effects of the size of council in...

Nous présentons dans ce document la conception et la structure de compas, un modèle de microsimulation dynamique portant sur l’état et l’utilisation de soins de santé des Québécois. Ce modèle comporte deux dimensions importantes : un composante dynamique, qui permet une évolution de...

We are ceaselessly reminded that business is now called on to operate in a global environment that is more competitive than it has ever been. If we are to rise to this challenge, we must understand Quebec's position, the form of the competition to which it is exposed, and what our available...

In this report, we study the relations that prevail between local governments and their central authority. Local governments are confronted to technological, financial and political constraints. We give a brief description of possible modes of intervention and examine different criteria to...

In this paper we evaluate the effectiveness of R&D tax incentives in Quebec, using manufacturing firm data from 1997 to 2003 originating from R&D surveys, annual surveys of manufactures and administrative data. The estimated price elasticity of R&D is -0.10 in the short run and -0.14 in the long...

In this report, we examine whether the proportion of workers who receive training (and whether the training duration) varies with age in Quebec and Ontario using data from the Workplace and Employee Survey from 1999-2004. In general, we find that the probability that a worker receives training...

This study compares Quebec's tax effort with that of the other Canadian provinces. The results show that the tax effort is higher in Quebec than in any other Canadian province. In the first section, the authors expose the global situation that currently prevails in Quebec. In the second section,...

In this report, we estimate returns to training (in terms of wages and productivity) using data from the Workplace and Employee survey from 199-2004 and investigate whether these returns vary with age. Although we find that the returns to training on wages is fairly constant across all age...

This report was generated in the framework of consultations by the Expert Panel on Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing. The study first presents a brief history of equalization and the evolution of its main parameters. The principal issues are discussed next, in particular the...

We propose a new measure of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in a general equilibrium setting.It measures by how much the efficiency frontier moves outwards given the availability of primary ressources, the technology and the structure of domestic final demand. Prices are endogenous. We...