The objective of this paper is to analyse the evolution of regional disparities in income/output per capita in Canada over a long time interval in light of the recent studies on convergence. We analyse regional convergence in Canada by estimating β-convergence and testing stationarity of...

This paper discusses the implications of tax policy for the growth of entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Some existing features of OECD tax systems are biased against entrepreneurs and small firms. For instance, double taxation of distributed corporate profits can...

This paper examines the roles of the ICT-producing sector and of key ICT-using industries in overall productivity growth in OECD countries. The ICT-producing sector provides a considerable contribution to productivity growth in several OECD countries and explains some of the pick-up in...