Greater recognition by economists of the influential role that concern for distributional equity exerts on decision making in a variety of economic contexts has spurred interest in empirical research on the public judgments of fair distribution. Using a stated-preference experimental design,...

We empirically test the predictions of political economy models regarding public support for a publicly provided private good financed with proportional income taxes when individuals can purchase the good privately and either continue to consume public provision ('top-up') or forego public...

Debate over the effects of public versus private health care financing has been, and continues to be, active in both academic outlets and policy circles. Theoretical literature on parallel health care financing is often built on untested behavioural assumptions and the empirical evidence...

We examine the influence of incentives on response, retention, drop-out, completeness and speed of response, consistency of response and respondent characteristics in a mixed-mode survey in which initial contact was via regular mail and respondents completed the survey online. We study four...

“Executive federalism” or “federal-provincial diplomacy” has long been considered the defining characteristic of Canadian federalism, which combines federalism and Westminster-style cabinet government. However, these processes have come under increasing stress in recent years from a...

INTRODUCTION Performance appraisal and review, sometimes also referred to as merit rating, staff appraisal, or personnel assessment (although these terms are by no means synonymous), is a process in which “bosses” regularly evaluate and report on the performance, attainments, abilities,...