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Accumulating Evidence of the Impact of Voter ID Laws: Student Engagement in t...
ABSTRACTRecently, voter ID laws have been instituted, modified, or overturned in many states in the U.S. As these laws change, it is important to have accurate measures of their... -
Generic Drug Pricing and Procurement: A Policy for Alberta
Canadians pay very high prices for generic drugs compared to international norms. The reason is not inefficient or uncompetitive generic drug companies, but provincial government... -
Federal-Provincial Business Tax Reforms: A Growth Agenda with Competitive Rat...
As the federal and provincial governments look to create jobs and attract business investment, productivity-enhanced business tax structures are in high order. Tax structures... -
Managing Tax Expenditures and Government Program Spending: Proposals for Reform
The federal government implemented a new expenditure management system in 2007. Under the new system, departments are required to review programs on a four-year cycle to... -
The Impact of Sales Tax Reform on Ontario Consumers: A First Look at the Evid...
Ontario’s new Harmonized Sales Tax applies to a broader base of consumer purchases than before, but it also removes some of the “hidden” taxes on business inputs. This paper... -
Is Social Licence A Licence To Stall?
The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary organized a one-day symposium on Oct. 8, 2014 in Calgary, as part of the School’s TransCanada Corporation Energy Policy... -
Canada and the Challenges of Cyberspace Governance and Security
When Canada stood with the United States and Britain in refusing to sign on to a new, statecontrolled future for the Internet, at December’s World Conference on Information... -
Surviving and Thriving in the Digital Economy
Cyber-crime is growing exponentially and Canadian governments at all levels have not kept pace quickly enough to protect both themselves and private enterprise. Evolving... -
Tax Loss Utilization and Corporate Groups: A Policy Conundrum
There are both theoretical and practical tax policy considerations that favour a broad recognition for the value of corporate income tax losses-- including for businesses... -
Tax Policy Trends: Small Business Tax Cut not Enough – U.S. Tax Reforms will ...
SMALL BUSINESS TAX CUT NOT ENOUGH U.S. TAX REFORMS WILL MAKE U.S. MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR START-UPS Big businesses start small. With the proposed Republican tax reform... -
Canada, The Law of the Sea Treaty and International Payments: Where Will The ...
Canada is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, having ratified it in 2003. This Convention requires parties to it to make payments in respect of oil... -
Negotiated Settlements: Long-term Profits and Costs
Over the last 20 years, utility regulators have relaxed their oversight of cost-ofservice regulation and this holds true for Alberta, where such regulation determines the fees... -
The Various Structures For Granting Petroleum Licenses Around the World
This paper summarizes the various structures used throughout the world to grant petroleum licenses to industry wishing to develop an oil and gas resource. It describes the... -
Capturing Economic Rents from Resources Through Royalties and Taxes
Oil price fluctuations, concerns over the division of resource revenues, and unconventional oil and gas developments are forcing governments to confront the same issue: how to... -
Appreciate the Appreciation: Imported Inputs and Concern Over Dutch Disease
If anything is to blame for a higher dollar having negative effects on the Central Canadian manufacturing sector, you are not likely to find it in any “Dutch Disease” supposedly...
