Other Publications (Economics)
Items in this Collection
- 10Institute for Public Economics
- 5Smith, Constance E.
- 4Landon, Stuart
- 3Boothe, Paul
- 3Szostak, R.
- 2Ascah, Robert L.
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1986-01-01
Purvis, Douglas D., Smith, Constance E.
This study takes as its basic premise that, although monetary policy in Canada during the post-second World War period has been extensively documented and analyzed, the broad strategies and outcomes of fiscal policy are not as well documented or understood. As a result, a large part of the study...
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Further Reflections on Alberta's Capital Spending and Finance: Comments on the Dodge Report to the Government of Alberta, October 2015
Download2015-12-01
David Dodge, former Governor of the Bank of Canada, submitted a report to the Government of Alberta in October 2015 on provincial capital spending and finance. That report was incorporated into the October budget documents. There are many valuable insights and recommendations in the report....
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Managing uncertainty: The search for a golden discount-rate rule for defined-benefit pensions
Download2019-01-01
Landon, Stuart, Smith, Constance E.
This Commentary examines how the choice of a pension plan discount rate affects the tradeoff between the risk of holding insufficient assets to pay promised benefits and the cost of acquiring more assets. The choice of discount rate can have a dramatic effect on the value of a plan’s liabilities...
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1982-10-01
In the fall of 1980 1 was invited by the Department of Economics of the University of Alberta to write a history of the department to be completed for the 75th anniversary of the university. [from the foreword]
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2006-10-01
Landon, Stuart, Smith, Constance E.
This study, conducted by Stuart Landon and Constance E. Smith of the University of Alberta, aims to understand the critical factors influencing capital investment. The results show that, for the average country in the sample of 17 developed OECD economies (including Canada), a currency...