In its upcoming budget, Quebec must stay on a tough road to fiscal balance.This study examines how Quebec's fiscal balance has deteriorated. By 2009, after 10 years of balanced budgets, the province faced an unsustainable structural deficit which, if left unchecked, would reach a staggering $12...

We analyze the determinants of Canadian unemployment in a framework incorporating demand and supply-side variables: the interest rate, taxation, foreign activity, minimum wages, union density, demographic pressure, unemployment insurance, terms of trade. The model is estimated with 500...

Dans ce document, nous decrivons ce que les economistes savent, soupconnent et supposent au sujet des determinants de l'innovation. Nous evaluons les donnees disponibles en faisant ressortir les domaines ou des travaux supplementaires sont requis sans delai. Dans bien des cas, on ne peut tirer...