It is important that the choice of a cost sharing method be made on the basis of its general equity and consistency properties rather than on the basis of the results it may generate in a given application. In this paper, we partition the different methods according to whether they satisfy a...

This document presents a detailed analysis of the regional development issue in Quebec. First, it includes an analysis of the available regional economic data, which confirms the relative decline of "peripheral"" regions versus ""central"" regions. A critical survey of regional policies enforced...

L'objectif de cette étude était d'identifier, pour la France et le Canada, les facteurs de coûts associés au transport de marchandises selon les modes utilisés, comment ils sont évalués et les spécificités du transport des matières dangereuses (TMD). Nous avons tout d'abord identifié...

We review the main characteristics of the financing system of universities in the United Kingdom and more specifically the evaluation system of university research. For a complete version in PDf of this document, go to Keywords: Research, Universities, United Kingdom, Recherche, Royaume-Uni,...

The largest special events (mega events) such as World's Fairs and Expositions, the FIFA World Cup Final, or the Olympic Games put a tremendous amount of pressure on the food production chain associated with these events, increasing the potential for food safety and security breaches. Any breach...

In order to choose the proper size of an infrastructure and to save as much as possible on investment costs, it is necessary for the responsible party (the Centre in the language of this report) to have access to information that is typically known only by some agents or partners who may use...

Ce rapport présente les résultats d'une expérience en laboratoire simulant l'impact de la Prime au travail introduite en janvier 2005 par le gouvernement du Québec. Plus précisément, il s'agit d'analyser l'effet de cette prime sur l'effort au travail des familles monoparentales et des...