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Elections and de facto expenditure decentralization in Canada
Jametti, Mario; Joanis, Marcelin - 2014
This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two levels of government are involved in the provision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354073
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A New Index for Tourism : The Case of Maine and the Canadian Provinces
Sanders, Thomas B. - 2007
a new measure of tourism spending expenditures, using sales tax data, might be more complete than other methods found in the literature. the authors assert that benefits of tourism spending can be measured only in terms of profits in the form of actual taxes the jurisdictions collect and by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776031
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Fuzzy Finances : Grading the Financial Reports of Canada's Municipalities
Dachis, Benjamin - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942146
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Building Better Budgets : Canada's Cities Should Clean Up Their Financial Reporting
Dachis, Benjamin - 2015
In nearly all Canada's ma ... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011336
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From A to F : Grading the Fiscal Transparency of Canada’s Cities, 2019
Robson, William B. P. - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857850
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Elections and De Facto Expenditure Decentralization in Canada
Jametti, Mario - 2014
This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two levels of government are involved in the provision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053063
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Elections and De Facto Expenditure Decentralization in Canada
Jametti, Mario - 2014
This paper empirically investigates the underlying determinants of expenditure decentralization, based on the predictions of a new political economy model of partial decentralization. The analysis is based on an agency model, in which two levels of government are involved in the provision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053111
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Political Ideology and Economic Freedom Across Canadian Provinces
Potrafke, Niklas - 2010
This paper examines how political ideology influenced economic freedom in the Canadian provinces. We analyze the dataset of economic freedom indicators compiled by the Fraser Institute in 10 Canadian provinces over the 1981-2005 period and introduce two different indices of political ideology:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148886
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Agglomeration Economies : Microdata Panel Estimates from Canadian Manufacturing
Baldwin, John R. - 2009
Productivity and wages tend to be higher in cities. This is typically explained by agglomeration economies, which increase the returns associated with urban locations. Competing arguments of specialization and diversity undergird these claims. Empirical research has long sought to confirm the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718246
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A White Paper on Reforming Canada's Transportation Policies for the 21st Century
Flemming, Brian - 2012
While much of the developed world struggles with debt and chronically low growth, Canada, one of the best … citizens' voices and involvement. However, private sector expertise and capital could be just what is needed to ease Canada … tricky problems about overlapping jurisdictions and would, in some parts of the country, be a tough sell, but Canada has been …
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