The State of
Economics in Canada: Festschrift in Honour of David
Slater
Patrick Grady and Andrew Sharpe (eds.),
2001 (Paper ISBN: 0-88911-942-2
$22.00) (Cloth ISBN: 0-88911-940-6 $55.00)
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| Festschrift | |
| Acknowledgement | . . . | iii |
| Introduction | ||
| Overview of the Festschrift Patrick Grady and Andrew Sharpe |
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| David W. Slater: An Economist for All Seasons Patrick Grady |
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| Fiscal Federalism | ||
| Financing Confederation Revisited: The Economic State of the Federation Robin Boadway |
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| Taxation | ||
| Tax Policy and Tax Research in Canada Richard Bird and Michael Smart |
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| Taxing Future Consumption Jack M. Mintz |
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| Taxes, Efficiency and Economic Growth Jack M. Mintz and Thomas A. Wilson |
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95 |
| Pensions | ||
| The Canada Pension Plan: Looking Back at the Recent Reforms James E. Pesando |
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137 |
| Poverty among Senior Citizens: A Canadian Success Story Lars Osberg |
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151 |
| Six Pillars of Social Policy: The State of Pensions and Health Care in Canada William B.P. Robson |
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183 |
| The Financial Circumstances of Elderly Canadians and the Implications for the Design of Canada's Retirement Income System Malcolm Hamilton |
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| International Economics | ||
| WTO Membership for China: To Be and Not to Be: Is that the Answer? Sylvia Ostry |
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257 |
| Doing the Right Thing: The WTO and the Developing World Kathleen Macmillan |
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267 |
| Where Are They Now? Migration Patterns for Graduates of the University of British Columbia John F. Helliwelll and David F. Helliwell |
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291 |
| Globalization | ||
| Adjusting to Globalization: Challenges for the Canadian Banking System Edward P. Neufeld |
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325 |
| North American Economic Integration and Globalization Morley Gunderson |
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355 |
| Regional Issues | ||
| Has Quebec's Standard of Living Been Catching Up? Pierre Fortin |
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381 |
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Economists, Environmental Policies and Federalsim Anthony Scott |
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405 |
| Labour Economics | ||
| Cyclical Changes in Short-Run Earnings Mobility in Canada, 1982 to 1996 Charles M. Beach and Ross Finnie |
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453 |
| Education and Skills: An Assessment of Recent Canadian Experience W. Craig Riddell |
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485 |
| Contributors |
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FESTSCHRIFT
Festschrift literally means "celebration-writing" in German.
And
that is what this volume is. It celebrates the remarkable career of
David
Slater, which in the best Queen's tradition of John Deutsch and Clifford
Clark spanned academia and public service, on the occasion of his 80th
birthday. It follows an old academic tradition that at an appropriate
stage in the career of an eminent writer or scholar a volume be put
together in their honour containing the writings of his or her
colleagues.
Usually, the writings must have something to do with life's work of the
eminent scholar. In David Slater's case, this was an easy task as his
research and interests have been omniverous. Finding contributors was
also
easy as over David's long career he had many colleagues, friends,
students
who jumped at the chance to honour David and to participate in this
endeavour.
The title of this volume, The State of Economics in
Canada,
indicates that the contributions are all from prominent Canadian
economists and deal with Canadian economic issues. While we encouraged
the
invited contributors to pick more general topics, we did not exclude
papers with a specific focus. The key criteria for inclusion in the
volume
were that the papers had to be readable and had to deal with important
Canadian economic policy issues. The one exception to this latter rule
is the article by Patrick Grady on David Slater's career. A
Festschrift would hardly be a Festschrift without an appearance by the
main character -- Shakespeare's play would not be Hamlet without the
Prince of Denmark.
The topics covered by the essays in this volume include: fiscal
federalism; taxation; fiscal policy; pensions; international economics;
the financial system; globalization; income distribution; education;
regional economics; and environmental economics. These are all fields
that
are dear to David Slater's heart and that he contributed to in one way
or
another.