'Lifting the Moratorium: The Costs and Benefits of Offshore Oil Drilling in British Columbia' considers the potential for offshore oil operations in B.C. This study combines information from academic papers, government commissioned reports, and government databases in order to estimate the...

This paper uses a partial equilibrium trade model to evaluate British Columbia's (BC) log export restrictions. The results of a recently published paper on the topic rely on two key assumptions. They assumed BC has a ban on log exports and that any incremental BC log exports will not affect the...

Despite the potential economic efficiency and political economy benefits of revenue-neutrality, a deeper question remains about the feasibility of revenue-neutrality in practice. Revenue-neutrality is relatively simple to implement in an economic model, as counterfactuals are clearly defined....

While the potential economic efficiency, equity, and political acceptability benefits of a revenue-neutral carbon tax have been well studied, a deeper question remains about the feasibility of revenue neutrality in practice. This article provides perspective on this issue by assessing different...