By Warren Mabee, Associate Dean & Dirctor, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University This article is republished from The Conversation. Since the end of February, oil…
This Guide covers all of the essential steps and issues associated with costing, including collecting and analyzing information about compensation and benefits. Costing Collective Agreement…
It is well established that building energy audits provide occupants and owners with valuable information and tools to help reduce emissions, conserve energy, and reduce…
It is well established that building energy audits provide occupants and owners with valuable information and tools to help reduce emissions, conserve energy, and reduce…
Thomas Courchene is the author or editor of numerous books and has published hundreds of academic papers on a wide range of Canadian public policy…
The dramatic rise in the ratio of Canada’s average house price to average rent has led to speculation that there is a bubble in the…
In this working paper, my co-authors (Allen Head, Derek Stacey) and I study the implications of cross-city differences in the level and inequality of income…
In this paper we argue that effective tariff protection associated with the 1879 National Policy and the 1887 Tupper tariffs triggered investment in new, technologically…
We use a sequential model of school competition, featuring endogenous investment, grading, and evaluation, to study the interaction between a school’s investment decision and its…
How well can a cryptocurrency serve as a means of payment? We study the optimal design of cryptocurrencies and assess quantitatively how well such currencies…