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Economic Growth and Prosperity

This research program examined how Canada can foster and sustain the growth and prosperity that is essential for improving the well-being of Canadians and for providing the resources needed to address other policy challenges. The research focussed on competitiveness, productivity and innovation and also examined specific sectoral/industrial challenges.

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Dutch Disease or Failure to Compete?
A Diagnosis of Canada's Manufacturing Woes
Mohammad Shakeri, Richard S. Gray and Jeremy Leonard (May 16, 2012)
Policy Signposts in Postwar Canada
Reflections of a Market Populist
Thomas J. Courchene (April 26, 2012)
Bailouts and Subsidies
The Economics of Assisting the Automotive Sector in Canada
Leslie Shiell and Robin Somerville, with commentary by Jim Stanford (March 21, 2012)
Cracking Canada’s Productivity Conundrum
Someshwar Rao (November 22, 2011)
Securities Regulation in Canada
The Case for Effectiveness
Pierre Lortie, with commentary by Thomas Hockin (October 13, 2011)
Rekindling the American Dream
A Northern Perspective
Thomas J. Courchene (May 10, 2011)
Shoring Up the Competitive Posture of Canadian Manufacturers
What Are the Policy Levers?
James A. Brox and Jeremy Leonard (May 14, 2009)
Connecting the Dots between University Research and Industrial Innovation
Jorge Niosi, with commentaries by Indira V. Samarasekera and Ilse Treurnicht (October 28, 2008)
Infrastructure Investment
The Foundation of Canadian Competitiveness
James A. Brox (August 21, 2008)
Innovation and the Productivity Problem
Any Solutions?
Donald G. McFetridge (April 17, 2008)
Income Splitting and Joint Taxation of Couples
What's Fair?
Jonathan R. Kesselman (February 20, 2008)
La dette publique
Un défi prioritaire pour le Québec
Marcelin Joanis et Claude Montmarquette (October 21, 2004)
The Schumpeterian Wave In Telecommunications
Public Policy Implications
Yves Rabeau (August 5, 2004)
Tax Design for a Northern Tiger
Jonathan R. Kesselman (March 10, 2004)
Confiscatory Equalization
The Intriguing Case of Saskatchewan's Vanishing Energy Revenues
Thomas J. Courchene (March 4, 2004)
Modern Welfare States under Pressure
Determinants of Tax Policy in a Globalizing World
Christian Lammert (February 4, 2004)
Half-Way Home
Canada's Remarkable Fiscal Turnaround and the Paul Martin Legacy
Thomas J. Courchene (July 3, 2002)
The Bright Side
A Positive View on the Economics of Aging
Marcel Mérette (March 11, 2002)
The Brain Drain: Myth and Reality ?
What It Is and What Should Be Done
Ross Finnie, with commentaries by Peter Kuhn, Peter Barrett, John F. Helliwell, David Stewart-Patterson and Daniel Schwanen (November 27, 2001)
Inflation Targeting
The Three Percent Solution
Pierre Fortin (February 15, 2001)
Flat Taxes, Dual Taxes, Smart Taxes
Making the Best Choices
Jonathan Kesselman (November 10, 2000)

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